222 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



NIGHT. 



CONVOLVULUS MINOR. Convolvulus Tricolor. 



Now sunk the sun ; the closing hour of day 

 Came onward, mantled o'er with sober gray ; 

 Nature in silence, bid the world repose." 



Parnell. 



The hours of darkness are represented by 

 this belle-de-jour, which closes its sparkling 

 eyes at the close of day, as if to sleep through 

 the dewy night, when 



" All things are hush'd, as nature's self lay dead." 



" I love thee, mournful, sober night ! 



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I still enjoy thee cheerless as thou art ; 

 For in thy quiet gloom the exhausted heart 

 Is calm, tho' wretched ; hopeless, yet resigned." 



Charlotte Smith. 



