THE WILD ROSE. 



SIMPLICITY. 



THE ROSE LEAF. 



TO * * * 



There is an academy at Amadan whose statutes are : " we 

 think much, write little, talk less." When Dr. Zeb applied for 

 admission, his rejection and its cause were typified by placing 

 before him a cup, so exactly filled with water that the slightest 

 increase must make it overflow. The Doctor replied in the 

 same symbolic language, by placing a rose-leaf upon the top 

 of the water, without displacing a drop. The silent assembly 

 departed for once from their wonted habits, and received the 

 ingenious candidate among them by acclamation. 



Not in thy heart, where Love has reared alone 

 His watch-tower to the skies would I abide ; 



Nor would I be the worthless foam- wreath, thrown 

 For one brief hour, on Passion's rushing tide. 



