16 FABLES OF FLORA. 
when scourged. The clasper, to the cord; and 
the palmate leaf, to the hand. The three divisions 
at the top of the style they fancied to represent 
the three nails; one-of the five stamens being 
taken for a hammer, the other four remain to form 
the cross. The albastrices , at the bottom of the 
corolla, represented the three soldiers, who cast 
lots ; and the time between the opening and clos¬ 
ing of the flower, in its native country, being 
three days, completes the representation.’ The 
Passion Flower is called the emblem of hope. 
FABLE IV. 
The Mistletoe and the Passion Flower. 
In this dim cave a Druid sleeps, 
■Where stops the passing gale to moan; 
The rock he hallowed o’er him weeps, 
And cold drops wear the fretted stone. 
In this dim cave, of different creed, 
A Hermit’s holy ashes rest; 
The schoolboy finds the frequent bead, 
Which many a formal matin blessed. 
That truant time full well I know, 
When here I brought, in stolen hour, 
The Druid’s magic Mistletoe, 
The holy Hermit’s Passion Flower. 
