THE FLORAL GIFT. 
113 
SWEET BRIAR. 
Rosa Rubiginosa ,—Class 12, Order 3. 
A fragrant-leaved species of rose, naturalized,but first intro¬ 
duced from England. 
POETRY. 
’Tis thine, sweet poesy! to lure the soul, 
A willing slave from reason’s sober ray; 
And bid it wander, at thy soft control, 
Through pleasure’s paths and fancy’s flowery 
way. 
’Tis thine to weave a wild and witching spell, 
That chains the mind in fetters of delight, 
And leads it far, in fairy worlds to dwell, 
’Mid blissful dreams and scenes of beauty 
bright. [stream 
’Tis thine to scatter o’er life’s changeful 
The fragrant flowers, of Hope and Joy and 
Love; 
To shed o’er cold reality a beam, [above. 
That lights and warms like summer sun 
And thine, oh, child of hi"h and holy birth, 
To deck with Eden hues the lowly things of 
earth! 
8 Mrs. E. S. Smith■ 
