FLORA'S INTERPRETER. i7 



AMARANTH. C7 19. Ordtr5. (Prince's Feather,) 



genus of nearly 40 specie*; almost ex- 







America. Only three species in Europe 

 flowers crimson. 



IMMORTALITY. 



Immortal Amaranth! a flower which once 



In paradise, fast by the tree of life 



Hegan to bloom; but soon, for man's offence, 



To heaven removed, where first it grew, there grows 



And flowers aloft, shading the tree of life. 



Milton. 



SENTIMENT. 



And with our frames do perish all our loves? 

 ] )o those who took their root and put forth buds, 

 And there soft leaves unfolded in the warmth 

 Of mutual hearts, grow up and live in beauty, 

 Then fade and fall like fair unconscious flowers? 

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A voice within us speaks that startling word, 

 ' Man, thou shalt never die!' Celestial voices 

 Hymn it unto our souls: according harps, 

 By angel fingers touched, when the mild stars 

 Of morning sang together, sound forth still 

 The song of our great immortality. 



Dana. 

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