THE FLORAL GIFT. 
X — 
108 
ROSE BUD. 
Rosa Muscosa.— Class 21, Order 3. 
Flowers very fragrant, bright crimson.—South of Europe 
CONFESSION OF LOVE. 
I love thy form. I worship it, ' 
To me it always seems 
As if it were the counterfeit, 
Of some I’ve seen in dreams ; 
It makes me feel as if I had 
An angel by my side, 
And then I think I am so bad, 
You will not be my bride 
I l°ve the sounds that from thy lips 
Gush holily and free, 
As rills that from their caverns slip. 
And prattle to the sea; 
The melody for aye doth steal 
To hearts by sorrow riven, 
And then I think, and then I feel, 
That music comes from heaven. 
William Thompson Bacon. 
