126 LANGUAGE AND 
Their odor to themselves all day. 
But when the sunlight dies away 
Let the delicious secret out 
To every breeze that roams about.” 
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JASMINE, YELLOW. 
Bignonia, sempervirens . Class 14; Order 2. 
GRACE AND ELEGANCE. 
Like the foam on the wave floating down to the sea. 
Like the zephyr that flits o’er the grain-covered lea, 
Like the soft fleecy cloud o’er the face of the moon, 
Like the sail of a bird on the still air of noon,— 
So graceful, and airy, and gentle art thou, 
With thy curls floating free o’er thy radiant brow; 
So fairy-like moveth thy foot o’er the flowers, 
They look up and exclaim—“’Twas the step of the 
Hours !” 
St. Pierre, in liis “ Studies of Nature,” speak¬ 
ing of the Carolina jasmine —the token of se¬ 
paration ,,—says that that tiny feathered fairy, 
the humming-bird, builds his nest in one of the 
leaves of this plant, which he rolls up into the 
form of a cone: he finds his subsistence in its 
red flowers, resembling those of the foxglove, 
