64 FLORA'S INTERPRETER 



FLOWERING REED. (Cane.) Clatt I. Order 1 



Canna augusti folia. J? und b ll i u . thB s * tc * 



o / The canna of Jussieu has splen- 



did flowers; grows chirlh within 

 the tropics. 



CONFIDENCE IN HEAVEN. 



First the tall Canna lifts his curled brow 

 Erect to heaven. 



Darwin. 



SENTIMENT. 



The recollection of one upward hour 

 Hath more in it to tranquillize and cheer 

 The darkness of despondency, than years 

 Of gayety and pleasure. 



Per deal. 



ANSWER. 



They waken, 



Such thoughts as these, an energy, 

 A spirit that will not be shaken 



Till frail mortality shall die. 

 They make man nobler than his race, 



And give expansion, strength, to thought: 

 The tears that start leave not a trace, 



For they are fragrant tears, and fraught 

 With soothing power; they heal and bless 



Thy spirit in its loneliness. 



Willi*. 



