FLORAL CKItKMOMES. G3 
Their deep voiced music floated round, 
As the far arches sent forth sound — 
The stately organ : — and fair bands 
Of young girls, strewed with lavish hands, 
Violets o’er the mosaic floor: 
And sang while scattering the sweet store.” 
L. E. L. 
Let us now take our readers to a northern 
clime, where the mighty heart of Nature yet 
beats warmly beneath her rugged exterior: 
and the bright flowers opened their perfumed 
chalices in the green valley, heedless of the 
snow-coloured mountains which frown upon 
them on every side : — To Sweden, where 
“ from the bank of the river nearest Semb, a 
little fleet of gaily decorated boats is pushing 
off. In the principal boat sits the lady of 
Semb, her eyes turned with quiet enjoyment 
how on the beautiful scenes of Nature, now 
on the still more beautiful objects that are 
nearer to her — two happy human beings. Be- 
side her, more like a little angel than a child, 
sits the little Hulda ; a garland of gay flow- 
ers twined among her golden locks. But the 
looks of all were turned upon the bride and 
bridegroom ; and they were, indeed, beautiful 
