128 FLORA'S INTERPRETER. 



MEZEREON. Cla**8. Order 1. Found in Europe and 



Dalphne, odora. ** . R . h" 8 /"^^ J ow . er8 , in little ter ' 



~ rainal heads, white and red, fragrant. 



TIMIDITY. 



In sweet Mezereon's tinctured bush 

 Again revives coy Dalphne's maiden blush. 



Eta**. 



SENTIMENT. 



There was one fair girl her glossy hair 

 Fell over a brow undimmed by care: 

 A slight rose-tinge was on her cheek 

 And the light in her eye so soft and meek, 

 She seemed to shrink like a timid dove, 

 Though the voice that spoke was one of love. 

 Sweet one! O may thy footsteps move 

 Ever as lightly as now they rove; 

 May earth to thee whisper words of joy, 

 With never a frown the dream to destroy. 



Mri. L P. Smith. 



