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LADY'S SLIPPER. Clan 20. Order 2. A very small 

 Cypripedium 8 <!nus; 6 8 P ccics found ' m North 



^W i? America; 3 in Siberia; one in Japan, 



and one in Europe. Flowers pur- 

 plish, pink, yellow, etc. 



CAPRICIOUS BEAUTY. 



The Cypripedium with her changeful hues, 

 As she were doubtful which array to choose. 



Jlnon. 



SENTIMENT. 



I love not thee, I would sooner bind 



My thoughts to the open sky: 

 I would worship as soon a familiar star, 



That is bright to every eye. 

 T were to love the wind that is sweet to all 



The wave of the beautiful sea 

 T were to hope for all the light in heaven, 



To hope for the love of thee. 



WiUu. 



ANSWER. 



I 'm weary of the crowded ball: I 'm weary of the mirth, 

 Which never lifts itself above the grosser things of earth. 

 I 'm weary of the flatterer's tone; its music is no more, 

 And eye and lip may answer not its meaning as before: 

 I 'm weary of the heartless throng, of being deemed aa one 

 Whose spirit kindles only in the blaze of fashion's sun. 



I speak in very bitterness, for I have deeply felt 

 The mockery of the hollow shrine at which my spirit knelt 

 Mine is the requiem of years in reckless folly passed, 

 The wail above departed hopes on a frail venture cast; 

 The vain regret that steals above the wreck of squandered hours 

 I-ike the sighing of the autumn wind over the faded flowers. 



/. O. Whitiier. 



