94 FLORA'S INTERPRETER. 



HYDRANGEA. Class 10. Order 2. An Ameri- 



Hydrangea, hortensis. JS^^SS!^^ 



in India. Flowers rose color 

 sometimes blue. It has many 

 abortive flowers. 



HEARTLESSNESS. 



If thou canst search Hydrangea's flowers, 



And note which first decay, 

 Then mayst thou judge the hollow smiles 



That flatter to betray. 



4fton. 



SENTIMENT. 



Maiden go! .if thou hast lost 

 All that made thee once so dear, 

 Let not now our parting cost 

 Thee a sigh, or me a tear: 

 Go with Fashion's heartless train; 

 Go where Wealth and pleasure wait; 

 Seek them all, nor seek in vain; 

 Go, and leave me to my fate. 



Maiden go! a saddened brow 

 Haply serves but to conceal: 

 Tears, methinks, are idle now, 

 Waste them not, unless you feel 

 If your bosom is too cold 

 Still to prize a loyal heart, 

 If you value sullen gold 

 More than love, 't is best we part: 

 Go! and vhen your heart has learned 

 How love flies the courtly door, 

 Learn that true affections spurned, 

 Droop to death, and bloom no more 



J\~etc England Magazine, Vol. IL 



