160 FLORA'S LEXICON. 



INE APPLE. Bromelia Ananas. Class 6, 

 HEXANDRIA. Order: MONOGYNIA. The 

 fruit of the pine apple, surrounded by its 

 beautiful leaves, and surmounted by a crown 

 in which the germ of a plant is concealed, 

 seems as though it were sculptured in massy 

 gold. It is so beautiful that it appears to 

 be made to please the eyes ; so delicious that it unites the vari- 

 ous flavours of our best fruits ; and so odoriferous that we should 

 I cultivate it if it were only for its perfume. 



YOU ARE PERFECT. 



Never till now never till now, O queen 



And wonder of the enchanted world of sound ! 



Never till now was such bright creature seen, 

 Startling to transport all the regions round ! 



Whence comest thou with those eyes and that fine mien, 

 Thou sweet, sweet singer! Like an angel found 



Mourning alone, thou seem'st (thy mates ail fled), 



A star 'mongst clouds, a spirit 'midst the dead ! 



Melodious thoughts hang round thee: Sorrow sings 

 Perpetual sweetness near, divine despair! 



Thou speak'st, and music, with her thousand strings, 

 Gives golden answers from the haunted air ! 



Thou movest, and 'round thee Grace her beauty flings ! 

 Thou look'st, and Love is born ! Oh ! songstress rare, 



Lives there on earth a power like that which lies 



In those resistless tones, in those dark eyes 1 



Oh, I have lived how long ! with one deep treasure 



One fountain of delight unlock'd, unknown ; 

 But thou, the prophetess of my new pleasure, 



Hast come at last, aud struck my heart of stone : 

 And now outgushes without stint or measure 



The endless rapture, and in places lone 

 I shout it to the stars and winds that flee ; 



And then I think on all I owe to thee! 



CORNWALL. 



