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Floral Poetry. 
THE CLOSED CONVOLVULUS. 
A N hour ago, and sunny beams 
■ Were glancing o’er each airy bell; 
And thou wert drinking in those gleams, 
Like beauty listening love’s farewell. 
And now with folded drooping leaves, 
Thou seemest for that light to mourn, 
Like unto one who fondly grieves 
The hours that stay some friend’s return. 
We cannot trace the hidden power 
Which folds thine azure petals up, 
When evening shadows dimly lower, 
And dewdrops gem each flow’ret’s cup. 
Methinks I should not wish to be 
Like thee, a votary of the sun— 
To bask beneath his beams, yet flee 
Whene’er his brilliant race is run. 
Oh ! dearer far the silent night, 
And lovelier far the star-lit sky, 
Than gaudy day with sunbeams bright, 
And loud with nature’s minstrelsy. 
The night-bird’s song is not for thee, 
The beautiful, the silver moon, 
The holy calm o’er flowers and tree, 
The stillness—nature’s dearest boon. 
