6 4 PENT ANDRIA MONOGYNI A . 



It is not gloomy ; brightly play 

 The sunbeams on its glossy green ; 



And softly on it sleeps the ray 

 Of moonlight, all serene. 



It changes not, as seasons flow 



In changeful, silent course along ; 

 Spring finds it verdant, leaves it so ; 



It outlives summer's song ; 

 Autumn no wan, or russet stain 



Upon its fadeless glory flings ; 

 And winter o'er it sweeps in vain, 



"With tempest on his wings." 



' Hast thou seen in winter's stormiest day 



The trunk of a blighted oak, 

 Not dead, but sinking in slow decay 



Beneath time's resistless stroke, 

 Round which a luxuriant Ivy had grown, 

 And wreathed it with verdure no longer its own ? 



Perchance thou hast seen this sight, and then, 



As I at thy years might do, 

 Passed carelessly by, nor turned again 



That scathed wreck to view. 

 But now I can draw from that perishing tree 

 Thoughts which are soothing and dear to me. 



O smile not ! nor think it a worthless thing 



If it be with instruction fraught ; 

 That which will closest and longest cling 



Is alone worth a serious thought ! 

 Should aught be unlovely which thus can shed 

 Grace on the dying, and leaves on the dead ?" 



82. GLAUX. 



1. G. maritima. Sea Milkwort. 



Hob. Muddy places on the sea-coast to the southward ; 

 and sides of the Tweed above the Bridge. June, July. 



Root long, jointed, with fibres proceeding from the articula- 

 tions. Herb smooth, succulent. Stems decumbent at 

 the base, then erect, round, green, generally coloured be- 

 low, from 2 to 6 inches high. Leaves opposite, sometimes 

 becoming alternate, sessile, ovate, marked with impressed 

 punctures on the upper surface. Flowers axillary, sub- 

 sessile, prettily speckled with reddish spots. 



