FORTUNA FLORA. 278 



SENTIMENTS FOR THE MONTHS. 



1. O ! what tender thoughts beneath 



Those silent flowers are lying, 

 Hid within the mystic wreath, 

 My love hath kissed in tying ! 



Moore. 



2. On that cheek and o'er that brow 



So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, 

 The smiles that win, the tints that glow, 



But tell of days in goodness spent ; 

 A mind at peace with all below, 

 A heart whose love is innocent. 



Byron. 



8. Peace to the dust that in silence reposes 



Beneath the dark shades of cypress and yew ; 

 Let Spring deck the spot with her earliest roses, 

 And heaven wash their leaves with its holiest do 



Pierpont. 



4. Do any thing but love ; or, if thou lovest, 

 And art a woman, hide thy love from him 

 "Whom thou dost worship. Never let him know 

 How dear he is ; flit like a bird before him ; 

 Lead him from tree to tree, from flower to flower ; 

 But be not won ; or thou wilt, like that bird, 

 When caught and caged, be left to pine neglected, 

 And perish in forgctfulness. 



Miaa London. 



6. Never forget the hour of our first meeting, 



When, 'mid the sounds of revelry and song, 

 Only thy soul could know that mine was greeting 

 Its idol, wished for, waited for, so long ; 

 Never forget. 



Mr. Embury. 



