164 FLORA'S INTERPRETER. 



PRIMROSE, EVENING. ClatsS. Order 1. Tree-prim- 



(Brtbr. odorata. 



Good Hope. The plant is two 

 or three feet high, flowers pale 

 yellow; open very suddenly. 



INCONSTANCY. 



A tuft of evening Primroses, 

 O'er which the wind may hover till it dozes ; 

 O'er which it well might take a pleasant sleep, 

 But that 't is ever startled by the leap 

 Of buds into ripe flowers. 



JTcafi 



SENTIMENT. 



If e'er I win a parting token, 



T is something that has lost its power 

 A chain that has been used and broken, 



A ruined glove, a faded flower; 

 Something that makes my pleasures less, 

 Something that means -forgetfulness. 



And yet my tears are little worth ; 

 For could I win a seraph's smile, 



To light me through this weary earth, 

 T would tire me in the briefest while ; 



For, lady, (is it very wrong ?) 



We hate yew when you love too long. 



