140 FLORA'S INTERPRETER. 



ORCHIS. Class 19. Order 1. A genns of near 90 



Orrhis species, principally indigenous to Europe, 



Northern Africa, and North America. Flow- 



era orange, yellow, white, and bluish purple; 



spiked. 



A BELLE. 



The Orchis race with varied beauty charm, 

 And mock the exploring fly, or bee's aerial form. 



C. Smith. 



SENTIMENT. 



Men gaze on beauty for a while, 

 Allured by artificial smile ; 

 But Love shall never twang his dart 

 From any string that 's formed by art. 

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 Be thine to live, and never know 

 Sweet sympathy in joy or wo; 

 To see Time rob thee, one by one, 

 Of every charm thou e'er hast known; 

 To see the moth, that round thee came. 

 Flit to some newer, brighter flame, 

 And never know thy destined fate, 

 Till to retrieve it is too late. 



Paulding. 



