FLORA'S LEXICON 



LORY FLOWER, CRIMSON. Clianthus 

 <* Puniceus. Class 17, DIADELPHIA. Order : 

 DECANDRIA. This new and beautiful shrub jj 

 is a native of New Zealand, whence seeds |j 

 of it were sent to England by the Missiona- 

 ries in that part. The native name is 

 Kowaingutu Kaha, or Parrot-bill, most 

 probably called so from the resemblance to the bill of a bird. 



GLORIOUS BEAUTY. 



The Spirit of Beauty unfurls her light, 

 And wheels her course in a joyous flight; 

 I know her track* through the balmy air, 

 By the blossoms that cluster and whiten there; 

 She leaves the tops of the mountains green, 

 And gems the valley with crystal sheen. 



At morn, I know where she rested at night, 

 For the roses are gushing with dewy delight; 

 Then she mounts again, and round her flings 

 A shower of light from her crimson wings; 

 Till the spirit is drunk with the music on high, 

 That silently fills it with ecstasy. 



At noon she hies to a cool retreat; 



Where bowering elms over waters meet, 



She dimples the wave where the green leaves dip, 



As it smilingly curls like a maiden's lip, 



When her tremulous bosom would hide, in vain, 



From her lover, the hope that she loves again. 



She hovers around us at twilight hour, 

 When her presence is felt with the deepest power, 

 She silvers the landscape, and crowds the stream 

 With shadows that flit like a fairy dream; 

 Then wheeling her flight through the gladden'd air, 

 The Spirit of Beauty is everywhere. 



DAWES. 



