note’s token-flowers. 95 
ALMOND-TREE. —Amtodaius Nana. 
Heedlessness. 
When like a fairy scene, in youth, 
The untried world is spread before us, 
When fancy wears the garb of truth, 
And sunny skies are smiling o’er us ; 
When never yet a dream of wo 
The heart’s deep sympathies have stirred, 
How little then our spirits know 
The evils of a thoughtless word. 
When one by one our joys depart, 
When hope no more each bright hour meas¬ 
ures, 
When, like a Niobe, the heart 
Sits lonely ’mid its perished treasures ; 
When far from human aid we turn, 
And human comfort is unheard, 
Oh! then, how bitterly we learn 
The anguish of a thoughtless word. 
