THE FLORAL GIFT. 
5 ? 
69 
ICE PLANT. 
Mesembryanthemum Crystallinum .—Class 12, Order 2. 
A singular flat spreading succulent, with glandular leaves 
and stems, which sparkle like bits of ice—-Greece. 
YOUR LOOKS FREEZE ME. 
As a beam o’er the face of the waters may 
glow, 
\yhile the tide runs in darkness and coldness 
below, 
So the cheek may be tinged with a warm 
sunny smile, 
Though the cold heart to ruin runs darkly 
the while. 
Oh !>this thought in the midst of enjoyment 
will stay 
Like a dead, leafless branch in the summer’s 
bright ray, 
The beams of the warm sun play round it in 
vain, 
It may smile in his light, but it blooms not 
again. 
■% 
Moore. 
