SUN FLOWER, Dwarf. 



(Continued.) 



The moon looks 



On many brooks, 



The brook can see no moon but this : 

 And thus I thought our fortunes run, 

 For many a lover looks to thee : 

 While, oh ! I feel there is but one, 

 One Mary in the world for me. . . 



Moore. 



Her words such a pleasure convey, 

 So much I her accents adore, 



Let her speak, and whatever she say, 

 Methinks I should love her the more. 



Shenstone. 



SUN FLOWER, Tall. Pride. 



Helianthus annuus. 



Haughtiness. The sun-flower, with gaudy display, 



Above all the garden around 

 Exhibits his golden array, 



As if scorning to spring from the ground. 



He lifts his proud head to the sky, 

 And seeks the broad blaze of the day, 



But the poet, and lover, pass by, 

 And turn from his glory away : 



In some spot, more sequester'd, to find 

 A delicate flower of the morn, 



Whose fragrance and beauty combin'd, 

 His bower and his bosom adorn. . . . 



. B.L.L. 



The proud giant of the garden race, 

 O'ertops his fellows with aspiring aim. 



Churchill. 



The gaudy orient sun-flower from the crowd 



Uplifts its golden circle Maturin. 



SWEET BRIAR. Simplicity. 



Rosa suaveolens. 



Fair nature's sweet simplicity 

 With elegance refined. . . , 



The feeling heart, simplicity of life, 

 And elegance, and taste 



Lyttelton. 



Thomson. 



So artless, so simple, so wild 



Thou emblem, said I, of my Phillis, 



For she is simplicity's child. 



The rose-bud 's the blush of my charmer, 



Her sweet balmy lip when 'tis prest ; 

 How fair and how pure is the lily, 



But fairer and purer her breast. .... 



Burns. 



