POETRY OF FLOWERS. 133 
LADY’S SLIPPER. 
Cypripedium . Class 20 ; Order 2. 
Flowers, purple, pink, yellow, 
CAPRICIOUS BEAUTY. 
Changing ever, who can dare 
Trust his feelings to thy care? 
Smiling now, and now so vexed, 
Who knows what to look for next ? 
Who can love thee if they would; 
Or would love thee if they could? 
What but agony and fear, 
First a smile and then a tear, 
Could attend a true devotion 
To a heart of such commotion ? 
Nay, capricious one! believe me, 
Thine’s no more the power to grieve me! 
“ When angry—for even in the tranquillest climes 
Light breezes will ruffle the blossoms sometimes— 
The short passing anger, but seemed to awaken 
New beauty, like flowers that are sweetest when 
shaken.” 
Moore. 
“Come, come, ’twill not do! put that purling brow 
down, 
You can’t for the soul of you, learn how to frown.” 
H. K. White. 
