76 FLORA'S INTERPRETER. 



GTLLY-FLOWER. c/*i5. Or// 2. Fonnd in 



incunus. 'Ilf' '_.. r A.-..' 



Flowers bright red, purple, 01 

 white. 



SHE IS FAIR. 



Fair as the Gilly-flower of garden's sweet. 



Gay. 



SENTIMENT. 



Why was the sense of beauty lent to man, 

 The feeling of fine forms, the taste of soul, 

 That speaks from eye and lip, and thus will fan 

 Love in the young beholder? 



Pereivol. 



ANSWER. 



Oh! it is worse than mockery 



To list tlie flatterer's tone, 

 To lend a ready ear to thoughts 



The cheek must blush to own 

 To hear the red lip whispered of, 



And the flowing curl and eye 

 Made constant themes of eulogy, 



Extravagant and high, 

 And the charm of person worshipped, 



In a homage offered not 

 To the perfect charm of virtue, 



And the majesty of thought 



/. O. Whittitr 



