FLORA'S LEXICON. 



ON VOLVULUS, or SEA BINDWEED. Ca- 

 lystegia Soldanella. Class 5, PENTANDRIA. 

 Order : MONOGYNIA. Botanists have re- 

 cently separated this flower from the genus 

 Convolvulus, and name it Calystegia, from 

 two Greek words signifying pretty, and a 

 covering, the calyx of the flower being co- 



by two leaf-like appendages called bracts. 



UNCERTAINTY. 



On the low sandy shore, 

 Where, with a mighty roar, 

 Breakers, with foam-crest hoar, 



Long years have roll'd ; 

 Where the turf never springs, 

 Where the wind's bufFetings 

 Tear the poor flower, that clings 



To the rock cold. 



There, Lady, low and lone, 

 Where, on the storm-blast's moan, 

 Comes the wreck'd sailor's groan, 



Is my chill dwelling; 

 I hear the signal gun, 

 Ere the storm's work is done; 

 I know that help is none, 

 I know the good ship's gone, 

 I know the tempest's won 



The triumph 'tis telling. 



TWAMLET 



Hope and fear alternate sway'd his breast, 

 Like light and shade upon a waving field, 

 Coursing each other, when the flying clouds 

 Now hide, and now reveal the sun. 



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