POETIIY OF FLOWERS. 191 
POLYANTHUS. 
Primula, auricula . . . Class 1 ; Order 5. 
Tt is a native of the Alps; originally yellow, but 
when cultivated it assumes the most diversified 
colors. Perennial. 
PRIDE OF RICHES.—CONFIDENCE. 
I grieve to see thee vain and proud—I grieve 
That this world’s honors have enticed thy heart. 
Such haughty airs become thee not. Por me, 
I better love a modest mien and look 
Than all the gaudy tinsel wealth can buy, 
Or vanity display. Put by thy pride, 
And by a holy life earn nobler praise 
Than such as pomp and idle show can win. 
“ Trust in thee!” Ay, dearest, there’s no one but 
must, 
Unless truth be a fable, in such as thee trust! 
For who can see heaven’s own hue in those eyes, 
And doubt that truth with it came down from the 
skies ; 
While each thought of thy bosom, like morning’s 
young light, 
Almost ere it is born, flashes there on his sight! 
C. F. IIoffman. 
