PA SSI ON FLOWER. 
{faith. When the flower is reversed it means Superstition .) 
HIS exquisite flower is the symbol of Faith. It is 
supposed to represent the instruments of the 
Crucifixion; hence its name. 
THE PASSION-FLOWER. 
All-beauteous flower ! whose centre glows 
With studs of gold; thence streaming flows 
Ray-like effulgence ; next is seen 
A rich expanse of varying hue, 
Enfringed with an empurpled blue, 
And streaked with young Pomona’s green. 
High o’er the pointal, decked with gold, 
(Emblem mysterious to behold !) 
A radiant cross its form expands; 
Its opening arms appear to embrace 
The whole collective human race, 
Refuse of all men, in ill lands. 
