20 FLORA'S INTERPRETER. 



AMBROSIA. (Bitter Weed.) Clast 19. Order 6. A 



North American genus, with the excop- 

 tion of one Bpecie8 - m p erU) an d another 

 indigenous to the sea-shores of the Le- 

 vant Found in Upper Louisiana. 



LOVE RETURNED. 



To farthest shores the ambrosial spirit flies, 

 Sweet to the world, and grateful to the skies. 



Pop*. 



SENTIMENT. 



And canst thou not accord thy heart 



In unison with mine, 

 Whose language thou alone hast heard, 



Thou only canst divine ? 

 And wilt thou not revoke that cold 



And merciless decree, 

 Nor yield one solitary thought, 



To plead my wrongs to thee? 



Daw*. 



ANSWER. 



Oh, knowest thou, dear one, of Woman's love, 



With its faith that woes more deeply prove, 



Its fondness wide as the limitless wave, 



And chainless by nought but the silent grave; 



With devotion as humble as that which brings 



To his idol the Indian's offerings; 



Yet proud as that which the priestess feels, 



When she nurses the flame of the shrine while she 



kneels: 



Oh, knowest thou, dear, what this love may be? 

 Such ever has been in my heart for thee. 



Mr* Embury. 



