72 FLORA'S INTERPRETER. 



ROSE, DAMASK. The rfamriak or rhunasrtna row wa- 



Rosa damasccna. |^ '(["vas^trin^Vnited "into 'h-li v' and 

 France. Flowers whito and red. 



YOUTH. 



Like the damask, rose you sec, 

 Or like the blossom on the tree, 

 Or like the dainty flowers of May, 

 Or like the morning to the day, 

 Even such is life. 



Blackburne. 



SENTIMENT. 



Let us prize the rose, 

 In the unclouded morning of this day, 

 Which soon will lose its bright serenity! 

 O, let us prize the first-blown rose of love; 

 Let us love now, in this our fairest youth, 

 When love can find a full and fond return. 



Percival. 



ANSWER. 



When the air is lightest, 

 And the sky is brightest, 

 Art thou in the garden, talking to a flower? 



C. Edward*. 



