210 FLORA'S INTERPRETER. 



THORN APPLE. Class 5. Order 1. Found in 



Dutura stramonium. f ur P e ; but P rob f ly ? native of 



South America, tliough now nat- 

 uralized in Europe and the East 

 Flowers white and blue, very 

 beautiful, but poisonous The 

 plant has lately been used as a 

 medicine, and appears to operate 

 specifically upon the optic nerve 

 of the eye. 



I DREAMED OF THEE. 



Canst thou give visions of futurity, 

 Stramonium, in the deep and death-like trance 

 Thy potent spell upon the spirit binds? 

 Let them be pleasant. I would die in hope. 



Anon. 



SENTIMENT. 



Thy head was on my shoulder leaning; 



Thy hand in mine was gently prest; 

 Thine eyes, so soft, and full of meaning, 



Were bent on me, and I was blest. 

 No word was spoken all was feeling, 



The silent transport of the heart; 

 The tear that o'er thy cheek was stealing, 



Told what words could ne'er impart. 

 And could this be but mere illusion? 



Could fancy all so real seem? 

 Here fancy's scenes are wild confusion; 



And can it be I did but dream? 



I 'm sure I felt thy forehead pressing, 



Thy very breath stole o'er my cheek; 

 I 'm sure I saw those eyes confessing 



What the tongue could never speak. 

 Ah! no, 't is gone, 't is gone, and never 



Mine such waking bliss can be ; 

 Oh, I would sleep, would sleep forever, 



Could I thus but dream of thee. 



Fritbt*. 



