50 FLORA'S INTERPRETER. 



BAY LEAF. (Bay or Laurel tree.) Cla*t 9. Order 1. 



I > According to th (jreek 1'iule, Daphne 



was transformed into the l.aurrl or I'.ay 

 tree, and Apollo, her lover, crowned his 

 head with tlie leaves. 



I CHANGE BUT IN DYING. 



Flowers seek the light, their beauties to display; 

 Th* /eo/*will smile the same by night as day. 



Anon. 



SENTIMENT. 



In bower and garden rich and rare 

 There 's many a cherished flower, 

 Whose beauty fades, whose fragance flits 

 Within the flitting hour. 

 Not so the simple forest leaf, 

 Unprized, unnoticed lying 

 The same through all its little life 

 It changes but in dying. 



Be such, and only such, my friends; 

 Once mine, and mine forever; 

 And here 's a hand to clasp in theirs, 

 That shall desert them never. 

 And thou be such, my gentle love, 

 Time, chance, the world defying; 

 And take, 't is all I have, a heart 

 That changes but in dying. 



O. W. DOOM. 



