FLORA'S INTERPRETER. 



HOLLY-HOCK. Clastie. Order 13. A native of China, 



Jllren rn<n>n Africa, Madras, and Siberia. Flowers 



' ea " > TC a variety of colors; single and double 



. flowers 



AMBITION. 



Aspiring Alcea emulates the rose. 



Evant. 



SENTIMENT. 



Would I were in some lonely desert born, 



And 'neath the sordid roof my being drew; 

 Were nursed by poverty the most forlorn, 



And ne'er one ray of hope or pleasure knew; 

 Then had my soul been never taught to rise, 



Then had I never dreamed of power or fame; 

 No pictured scene of bliss deceived my eyes, 



Nor glory lighted in my breast its flame. 



Percival. 



ANSWER. 



Yet, press on! 



For it shall make you mighty among men; 

 And from the eyrie of your eagle thought, 

 Ye shall look down on monarchs. Oh! press on! 

 For the high ones and powerful shall come 

 To do you reverence; and the beautiful 

 Will know the purer language of your soul, 

 And read it like a talisman of love. 

 Press on! for it is godlike to unloose 

 The spirit, and forget yourself in thought; 

 Bending a pinion for the deeper sky, 

 And, in the very fetters of your flesh, 

 Mating with the pure essences of heaven. 

 Press on! for in the grave there is no work, 

 And no device. Press on! while yet ye may. 



WUlu 



