174 FLORA'S INTERPRETER. 



ROSE, HUNDRED-LEAVED. This magnificent rose is a 



t>non .n/n/iT IZn native of the southern parts 



Rosa centlfoha. O f Europe. The Mlvetro* 



belongs to tliis species. Its 



colors vary from crimson 



to pink und purple. 



DIGNITY OF MIND. 



Thou queen of flowers, 

 Of thousand leaves, 



And throne surrounded by protecting thorn 

 Thou heaven-born rose! 



KUitt. 



SENTIMENT. 



What 's the brow, 



Or the eye's lustre, or the step of air, 

 Or color, but the beautiful links that chain 

 The mind from its rare element? There lies 

 A talisman in intellect, which yields 

 Celestial music, when the master hand 

 Touches it cunningly. It sleeps beneath 

 The outward semblance, and to common sight 

 Is an invisible and hidden thing; 

 But when the lip is faded, and the form 

 Witches the sense no more, and human love 

 Falters in its idolatry, this spell 

 Will hold its strength unbroken, and go on 

 Stealing anew the affections. 



Willi 



