FLORA'S INTERPRETER 213 



TULIP, RED. Class 6. Order 1. Nativeofger- 



T.tJ;* />W/*/t "a- Flowers in their wild state 



Tuhpa gesnenana. crimsop rQrolla beluhaped ^ gix 



petals. No calyx. Sweet-scented. 

 A DECLARATION OF LOVE. 



Tulip whose leaves, with their ruby glow, 

 Hide the heart that lies burning and black below. 



SENTIMENT. 



If spirits, pure as those who kneel 



Around the throne of light above, 

 The power of beauty's spell could feel, 



And lose a heaven for woman's love,' - 

 What marvel that a heart like mine 



Enraptured by thy charms should be! 

 Forget to bend at glory's shrine, 



And lose itself ay heaven for thee! 



Memorial 



ANSWER. 



What is a poet's love? 



To write a girl a sonnet; 

 To get a ring, or some such thing, 



And fustianize upon it. 



Trust not to them who say, 



In stanzas, they adore thee; 

 O, rather sleep in churchyard clay, 



With maudlin cherubs o'er thee ! 



O. W. Holm**. 



