FLORA'S INTERPRETER. 71 



GERANIUM, MOURNING. Umbels simple; leaves rough- 

 haired, pinnate. Flowers dark 

 green. 



DESPONDENCE 



SENTIMENT. 



Sorrow treads heavily, and leaves behind 

 A deep impression, e'en when she departs: 

 While joy trips by with steps light as the wind, 

 And scarcely leaves a trace upon our hearts 

 Of her faint foot-falls: only this is sure, 

 In this world nought, save misery, can endure. 



Mr. Embury. 



ANSWER. 



Lone Minstrel of the pensive lyre, 



O' Jet not grief attune thy lay; 

 For sadness blights each holier fire, 



And scatters gloom o'er all thy way. 

 Then, Minstrel, when thy heart is sad, 



Betake thee to the flowery field, 

 Where beauty walks in young spring clad, 



And hope and joy their influence yield. 

 Then tell me, is there nought that cheers 



Amid these pure and lovely things? 

 No solace in this vale of tears, 



From which some little comfort springs? 



Mist Stella Phelp* 



