132 FLORA’S DIAL. 
©ctober 1. 
HOUSE-CHESTNUT. — Luxury. 
When the days are hot, and the snn is strong, 
I ’d lounge in the gateway all day long ; 
I ’d care not a pin for the proudest lord, 
But I ’d lie on my hack on the cool green sward, 
With a straw in my mouth, and an open vest, 
And the cool wind blowing on my breast ; 
And I ’d vacantly stare at the clear blue sky, 
And watch the clouds, as lazy as I. 
Tenntson. 
(Hktokr 2. 
JUNIPER. — Protection. 
I have found out a gift for my fair ; 
I have found where the wood-pigeons breed ; 
But let me that plunder forbear, 
She will say, ’t was a barbarous deed. 
“ Eor he ne’er could be true,” she averred, 
“ Who could rob a poor bird of its young ; ” 
And I loved her the more, when I heard 
Such tenderness fall from her tongue. 
Shenstone. 
