Anemone, 
Anemone coronarta. NatruraLt OrpER: fanunculacee —Crowfoot Family. 
= IND-FLOWER is a frequent appellation of this beautiful 
iN » little plant, which comes from the countries bordering 
; all. 2on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean, known col- 
Z ; in lectively as the Levant. We find quite a beautiful fable 
47’ concerning it in heathen mythology: Anemone was a nymph 
greatly beloved of Zephyr, and Flora, being jealous of her 
beauty, banished her from court, and finally transformed her into the 
flower that bears her name; whence it is sometimes taken to express 
withered hopes. It is also connected with the story (already given) of 
° the love of Venus for Adonis, on which account the language has been 
made “Anticipation,” as she spent one-half the year longing and watch- 
ing for his return. 
Auttipation, 
O the fond, doubting heart its hopes appear 
Too brightly fair, too sweet to realize; 
All seem but day-dreams of delight too dear; 
Strange hopes and fears in painful contest rise, 
While the scarce-trusted bliss seems but to cheat the eyes. 
—Mrs, Tighe. 
HE looked from out the window From her white and weary forehead 
With long and asking gaze, Droopeth the dark hair, 
From the gold-clear light of morning Heavy with the dews of evening, 
To the twilight’s purple haze. Heavier with her care; 
Cold and pale the planets shone, Falling as the shadows fall, 
Still the girl kept gazing on. Till flung ’round her like a pall. 
: —L, E. Landon, 
lig: our hearts fair hope lay smiling 
Sweet as air, and all beguiling; 
And there hung a mist of bluebells on the slope and down the dell; 
And we talked of joy and splendor 
That the years unborn would render, 
And the blackbirds helped us with the story, for they knew it well. ' 
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—Fean Ingelow. 
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