flora’s dial. 167 
liDmmber 15. 
COREOPSIS. — Always cheerful. 
Cheerfully wave they o’er valley and mountain, 
Cheer the lone desert and smile by the fountain; 
Pale discontent in no young blossom lowers; 
Live like the flowers! 
Meekly their buds in the heavy rain bending; 
Softly their hues with the mellow light blending; 
Gratefully welcoming sunshine and showers, — 
Live like the flowers! 
Miss Larcom. 
EDccottbcr 15. 
ROCK ROSE. — Security. 
Mine be a cot beside the hill, 
A bee-hive’s hum shall soothe my ear; 
A willow brook that turns a mill, 
With many a fall, shall linger near. 
The swallow oft, beneath my thatch, 
Shall twitter from her clay-built nest; 
Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch 
And share my meal, a welcome guest. 
Rogers. 
