112 FLORA'S INTERPRETER. 



LlLAC, PURPLE. Class 2. Order 1. Indigenous tt 



the East, the most beautiful species 



nyringu. found ^ Pm] ^ F i ower8 purple or 



white very fragrant 

 FASTIDIOUSNESS. 



The Lilac varies in array now white, 

 Now sanguine, and her beauteous head now set 

 With purple spikes, studious of ornament, 

 Yet, unresolved which hue she most approves, 

 She chose them all. 



Cowper't Winter's Walk at JVbon. 



SENTIMENT. 



Is 't not a curse to be 



Fastidiously refined 

 Breathing an air whose rarity 



Separates from human kind ? 



To be the theme of fools 



The wonder of a crowd 

 Thy life-blood drawn by measured rules, 



Or stunned by flatterers loud? 



Ladies' Magazine, Vol. IV. 



ANSWER. 



I hate these darkened thoughts o'er things 



All radiant with joy; 

 'T is suffering deep and still that wrings 



Reflection's dark alloy. 

 Away with dreams I will not cloud 



The light of brilliant smiles; 

 They will find too soon a shadowy shroud, 



As we tread life's gloomy aisles. 



Mrs. L. P. Smith. 



