FLORA'S LEXICON. 



ANUNCULUS, ASIATIC. Ranunculus 

 Asiaticus. Class 13, POLYANDRIA. Or- 

 der: POLYOYNIA. The Asiatic ranunculus i 

 blooms amid our parterres in the earliest j 

 days of spring, spreading forth its varied | 

 lustrous flowers, which, shining with innu- 

 'C merable hues, are radiant with attractions. 

 No other plant offers so rich a variety of colour to amateurs, 

 " from a black down to white, through all the shades of reds, yel- 

 lows, browns, and, indeed, excepting blue, every colour may be 

 found in these gaily-painted flowers." 



YOU ARE RADIANT WITH CHARMS. 



Light as the angel-shapes that bless 

 An infant's dream, yet not the less 

 Rich in all woman's loveliness; 

 With eyes so pure, that from their ray 

 Dark Vice would turn abash'd away, 

 Blinded, like serpents when they gaze 

 Upon the emerald's virgin blaze! 

 Yet fill'd with all youth's sweet desires, 

 Mingling the meek and vestal fires 

 Of other worlds with all the bliss, 

 The fond, weak tenderness of this ! 

 A soul, too, more than half divine, 



Where, through some shades of earthly feeling, 

 Religion's soflen'd glories shine, 



Like light through summer foliage stealing, 

 Shedding a glow of such mild hue, 

 So warm, and yet so shadowy too, 

 As makes the very darkness there 

 More beautiful than light elsewhere ! 



MOORE. 



