TIIE POETRY OP FLOWERS. 
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I've seen the colours fading 
From all that I could prize. 
Like day’s departing glories 
from out the sunset skies; 
And full roughly I have ridden 
The stormy tide of life. 
And long years have passod in struggling. 
In bitterness and strife. 
T. B. Thayer. 
A snow-drop 'mid earth’s darker hues. 
Unwarmed by flattery’s breath ; 
A harp-tone flung from cherub hands. 
Wringing out joy from death. 
Mrs. Scott. 
EGLANTINE. 
This is a sweet-scented shrub, with delicate pink flowers. 
Grows often to a great height. 
DAHLIA. 
This is a Mexican plant, much cultivated by modern 
horticulturists. The flowers are of all colours, and 
very showy ; growing often to the height of six or 
eight feet. 
DIGNITY. 
It is worth much, in this dull world of strife 
And foolish vanity, to meet a heart 
Serene and beautiful like thine 1 The praise 
And selfish flattery of the heartless crowd 
Fall idly on thine ear, whilst thou unmoved, 
And with a lofty purpose in thy breast, 
Retain’st thy elevation o’er the herd, 
No less by that calm majesty of soul 
Which shrinks from adulation, than by gifts 
Of lofty intellect and outward grace. 
Thy form hath elegance that indicates 
The beautiful refinement of thy thoughts j 
And there is dignity in thy firm step, 
That speaks a soul superior to the thrall 
Of petty vanity and low-born pride. 
DAISY, PARTY-COLOURED. 
This is a common flower. Colours, pink and white. 
BEAUTY. 
Lovely thou art! ay, lovely. 
In spirit and in form ; 
A sunbeam glancing o’er life’s tears; 
A rainbow through the storm ; 
POETRY. 
Tnv spirit has a gift, a secret gift. 
Which answers only to the far, bright stars, 
When through the greenwood’s high and changeful rift 
Streams down the light of Yen us and of Mars; 
Which answers only to the winds and streams, 
The sweet wood-blossoms and the moon’s pale beams. 
Thou secst strange beauty in the silent things 
That others idly pass. The small, wild bird, 
That flutters o’er the rose his bright blue wings ; 
The singing brook, by careless cars unheard ; 
The wild flower, swinging in the lonely dell,— 
All bind thee with a strong and wondrous spell. 
- ♦- 
ELDER. 
Flowers, white. Berries, dark purple. Whole sbrub 
medicinal. 
COMPASSION. 
Oh, let me wipe 
The tears from thy too mournful eyes, and make 
Thee happy, dearest, by my own true love. 
I will console thee by the earnest truth 
Of a confiding heart; by kindly deeds 
To those who mourn ; by patient love and hope 
For those who go astray from the high path 
Of duty ; by a gentle w atch o’er thee 
When thou art sick and weary ; and by still 
And secret chastening of my own wild heart 
In the dear presence of my God. Thine eye 
Smiles on me while I promise;—*tis enough 1 
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