132 FLORA'S INTERPRETER. 



NARCISSUS, POETICUS. Cla*,6. Ordtrl. Indigenow 

 to Europe. Flowers white, very 



large ^ fragrant> with a criro . 



son border round the nectary. 



EGOTISM AND SELF LOVE. 



The pale JVoraMti* 



Still feeds upon itself; but, newly blown, 

 The nymphs will pluck it from its tender stalk, 

 And say, ' Go fool, and to thy image talk.' 



Lord Thurloic. 



SENTIMENT. 



Nature's laws must be obeyed, 

 And this is one she strictly laid 

 On every soul which she has made, 



Down from our earliest mother: 

 Be self y OUT first and greatest care, 

 From all reproach the darling spare, 

 And any blame that she should bear, 



Put off upon another. 

 Had Nature taken a second thought, 

 A better precept she had taught, 

 And good instead of evil wrought 



By those the power possessing ; 

 For self had been put out of sight, 

 The love of others brought to light; 

 In short, the wrong had all been right, 



And man to man a blessing 



JkftM Gould. 



