14 FLORA'S INTERPRETER. 



ALMOND, FLOWERING. ciat 12. Order . Nat.ve of 



^ East ' China ' Barfly, etc. 

 It flowera early blosaonw snow- 

 white. 



HOPE. 



The Hope in dreams of a happier hour, 

 Which alights on misery's brow, 

 Springs out of the silvery Almond flower, 

 That blooms on a leafless bough. 



Moore. 



SENTIMENT. 



There are hopes 



Promising well, and love-touched dreams for some 

 And passions, many a wild one, and fair schemes 



For gold and pleasure. 



Oh, if there were not better hopes than these 

 Were there no palm beyond a feverish fame 

 If truth and fervor and devotedness, 

 Finding no worthy altar, must return 

 And die with their own fulness if beyond 

 The grave there is no heaven, in whose wide air 

 The spirit may find room, and in the love 

 Of whose bright habitants this lavish heart 

 May spend itself what thrice-mocked fools are we! 



WUli 



