202 FLORA'S INTERPRETER. 



ST. JOHN'S WORT. Class 18 - Order 4. A genus of 

 at least one hundred species, dis- 



perged oyer the wor , d Flower8 



yellow and brilliant. The plant 

 possesses medical properties. 



ANIMOSITY. 



Hypericum was there, the herb of war, 

 Pierced through with wounds, and seamed with many a scar. 



Garland of Flcra. 



SENTIMENT. 



Let my curse be upon him 



The faithless of heart! 

 liet the smiles that have won him, 



In frowning depart! 

 Let his last cherished blossom 



Of sympathy die, 

 And the hopes of his bosom 



In shadows go by! 

 Ay, curse him but keep 



The poor boon of his breath, 

 Till he sigh for the sleep 



And the quiet of death! 

 Let a viewless one haunt him 



With whispers and jeer, 

 And an evil one daunt him 



With phantoms of fear. 

 Be the fiend unforgiving 



That follows his tread; 

 Let him walk with the living, 



Yet gaze on the dead. 



/. O. Wkittier. 



