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SORREL, WiLD. Class 10. Order 6. A large genus 

 OxallS found in Europe, America, and the Cape 



of Good Hope. There is a species in 

 Virginia with pink, lilac, or bright yel- 

 low flowers farther north it is pale 

 yellow, delicately penciled with pink or 

 purple. 



PARENTAL AFFECTION. 



Sorrel, that hangs her cups, 

 Ere their frail form and streaky veins decay, 

 O'er her pale verdure, till parental care 

 Inclines the shortening stems, and to the shade 

 Of closing leaves her infant race withdraws. 



Gitborne. 



SENTIMENT. 







The sea of ambition is tempest-tost, 

 And thy hopes may vanish like foam; 



But when sails are shivered and rudder lost, 

 Then look to the light of home ; 



And there, like a star through the midnight cloud, 

 Thou shall see the beacon bright; 



For never, till shining on thy shroud, 

 Can be quenched its holy light. 



The sun of fame 't will gild the name, 



But the heart ne'er felt its ray; 

 And fashion's smiles, that rich ones claim, 



Are but beams of a wintry day. 



And how cold and dim those beams would be, 

 Should life's wretched wanderer come! 



But, my son, when the world is dark to thee, 

 Then turn to the light of home. 



Jllr*. Half. 



