•Aquilcgia, sp .—Class 13, Order 4. 
Hardy and pretty flowers , of purple, crimson, blue, or white 
colors, and growing in every temperate climate. 
DESERTION. 
In vain to me the morning dawns, 
Joy comes not with its beam; 
In vain to me the flowrets spring, 
And sun-rays kiss the stream : 
In vain the wild birds carol sweet, 
No joy their notes impart; 
Nor sun, nor bird, nor flower can bring 
Joy to a broken heart. 
Why is it that our brightest hopes 
The soonest fade away ? 
Why, when peace makes our heart her shrine, 
Doth fate forbid her stay ; 
Why when with pleasure’s flowery wreath 
Our temples we adorn, 
Doth sorrow’s blight, the blossom mar, 
And leave us but the thorn. 
Mrs. J. Webb. 
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