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ROSE, AUSTRIAN. Clots 12. Order 13. Agenusof 



Rosa tricolor. nearl y 60 species, chiefly indige- 



nous to Europe. A few species 



found in Japan and India, and nine 



or ten in North America. 



THOU ART VERY LOVELY. 



Rose, thou art the sweetest flower 

 That ever drank the amber shower! 

 Rose, thou art the fondest child 

 Of dimpled Spring! the wood-nymph wild! 



Jlnacrton. 



SENTIMENT. 



Oh! thou, who art the fairest of earth's daughters, 

 Delighted could I sit a summer's day, 

 To drink the music of thy lips away, 

 Gushing their careless melody as waters: 



And while I gazed upon thy full blue eyes, 

 Still listening to thy passion-kindling songs, 



Deem myself happiest of thy votaries. 

 Thus while the morning lark his notes prolongs, 



Lists the rapt bard, and, bending to the skies, 

 Sends up the incense of a grateful heart, 



For such a gleam of heavenly ecstasies! 

 Oh! beautiful in feature as thou art, 



More beautiful in mind my thoughts of thee 



Shall live in Love's undying memory. 



ANSWER. 



Love 



Has lent life's wings a rosy hue; 

 But, ah! Love's dyes were caught above; 

 They brighten but they wither too 



