62 FLORA'S INTERPRETER. 



CYPRESS. Class 21. Order 16. The 



CuDrcssus* scnwcrvirsns. B L '" U!I ls I1()t 



*'* * to Aiuencu und li<uropti also 



found in Asia. 



DESPAIR. 



The Cypress, that darkly shades the grave, 

 Is sorrow that mourns its bitter lot. 



Percital. 



SENTIMENT 



I turn me back, and find a barren waste, 

 Joyless and nivlcss; u few spots are there, 

 Where briefly it was granted me to taste 

 The tenderness of youthful love in air 

 The charm is broken 



Percival. 



ANSWER. 



The sick soul, 



That burns with love's delusions, ever dreams, 



Dreading its losses. It forever makes 



A gloomy shadow gather in the skies, 



And clouds the day; and, looking far beyond 



The glory in its gaze, it sadly sees 



Countless privations, and far-coming storms, 



Shrinking from what it conjures. 



Love is a sorry slave, 



And a sad master. 



W. G. Simmt. 



