124 FLORA'S INTERPRETER. 



MARIGOLD, YELLOW. On/ri9. cia. 4. indigenous 



xi i i i /!;/ to Europe. South America, ;nid 



Calendula, officinalit. j |uli;i ' T f ic yi . |lmv Hower f WM 



sacred to Venus, and highly 

 prized by the ancients. It h; s 

 been devoted by Catholics to ths 

 Virgin Mary. 



SACRED AFFECTIONS. 



Open afresh your round of starry folds, 



Ye ardent Marigolds! 



Dry up the moisture of your golden lids, 



For great Apollo bids 



That in these days your praises shall be sung 



On many harps which he has lately strung. 



Keats. 



SENTIMENT. 



Come, send abroad a love for all who live; 

 Canst guess what deep content in turn they give? 

 Kind wishes and good deeds will render back 

 More than thou e'er canst sum. Thou 'It nothing lack, 

 But say ' 1 'm full! ' Where does the stream begin? 

 The source of outward joy lies deep within. 



And if indeed 'tis not the outward state, 

 But temper of the soul by which we rate 

 Sadness or joy, then let thy bosom move 

 With noble thoughts, and wake thee into love 

 Then let the feeling in thy breast be given 

 To noble ends this, sanctified by Heaven, 

 And springing into life, new life imparts, 

 Till thy frame beats as with a thousand hearts. 



Dana. 

 ANSWER. 



Trees and flowers and streams 

 Are social and benevolent; and he 

 Who oft communeth in their language pure, 

 Roaming among them at the close of day, 

 Shall find, like him who Eden's garden dressed, 

 His Maker there, to teach his listening heart. 



Mrs. Sigourney 



