THE FLORAL GIFT. 
Ill 
SPEEDWELL. 
Veronica Officinalis ,—Class 2, Order 1. 
TLe flowers of this plant are very beautiful purple, blue, or 
wiiiie,—United States, Europe, and Asia. 
FEMALE FIDELITY. 
Oh ! let me only breathe the air, 
The blessed air that’s breath’d by thee, 
And, whether on its wings it bear 
Healing or death, 'tis sweet to me ! 
There, drink my tears, while yet they fall— 
Would that my bosom’s blood were balm, 
And, \vell thou know’st, I’d shed it all 
To give thy brow one minute’s calm. 
Nay, turn not from me that dear face— 
Am I not thine—thy own lov’d bride— 
The one, the chosen one, whose place 
In life or death is by thy side, 
Think’st thou that she, whose only light, 
In this dim world, from thee hath shone, 
Could bear the long, the cheerless night, 
That must be hers when thou art gone ? 
Moore. 
