POETRY OP FLOWERS. 89 
ELDER, 
Sambucus, niger .... Class 5 ; Order 3 . 
Flowers, white. Berries, lark purple. Whole shrub 
medicinal. 
COMPASSION. 
Oh, let me wipe 
The tears from thy too mournful eyes, and make 
Thee happy, dearest, by my own true love. 
I will console thee by the earnest truth 
Of a confiding heart; by kindly deeds 
To those who mourn ; by patient love and hope 
For those who go astray from the high path 
Of duty; by a gentle watch o’er thee 
When thou art sick and weary; and by still 
And secret chastening of my own wild heart, 
In the dear presence of my God. 
EVERLASTING. 
Gnaphalium . Class 19 ; Order 2, 
A wild flower, with white blossoms, and unwithering 
NEVER-CEASING REMEMBRANCE. 
I think of thee when the bright sunlight shimmers 
Across the sea; 
When the clear fountain in the moonbeam glimmers, 
I think of tbee. 
