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FLORA'S LEXICON. 



NGELICA. Angelica. Class 5, PENTAN- 

 DRIA. Order 2 : DIGYNIA. This plant is 

 named angelica in allusion to its agreeable 

 smell and medicinal qualities. It has wing' 

 ed leaves divided into large segments ; its 

 stalks are hollow and jointed, the flowers 

 grow in an umbel upon the tops of the 

 stalks, and consist of five leaves, succeeded by two large chan- 

 nelled seeds. Archangelica is sometimes cultivated in gardens 

 for its leaf-stalks, to be blanched and eaten as celery, or candied 

 with sugar. In Lapland, where it is also found, it is used to 

 crown poets, who fancy theniselves inspired by its agreeable 

 odoar. 



INSPIRATION. 



My fancy form'd thee of angelic kind. 



POPS. 



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Amid the burning stars of night I saw 

 A brighter glory for thy spirit shone 

 Through the clear heavens all beautiful, alone, 

 And fill'd iny heart with rapture and with awe. 

 I heard thy voice blest who their Maker's law 

 Within their inmost soul in peace enthrone, 

 For this celestial world is all their own; 

 No earthly gaud hath ever power to draw 

 Downward their brighter gaze Oh! be tnou one! 

 Thou whom I loved upon that lower scene, 

 Soar up and join me! dark clouds swept between 

 The stars were veil'd the radiant lio-ht was gone 

 Yet, Angel Spirit ! when earth's shadows flee, 

 On hope's immortal wing I trust to follow thee. 



ANON. 



