46 THE FLOWER VASE. 
Leontodon. Class 19. — Order 1. 
This is a naturalized European flower, and one of the 
earliest that greets us on the return of Spring. 
Coquetry. 
I know I share thy smiles with many, 
Yet still thy smiles are dear to me; 
I know that I, far less than any, 
Call out thy spirit’s witchery; 
But yet I cannot help, when nigh thee, 
To seize upon each glance and tone, 
To hoard them in my heart when by thee, 
And count them o’er whene’er alone. 
But why, oh why, on all thus squander 
The treasures one alone can prize,— 
Why let the looks at random wander, 
Which beam from those deluding eyes? 
Those syren tones, so lightly spoken, 
Cause many a heart, I know, to thrill; 
But mine, and only mine, till broken, 
In every pulse must answer still. 
C. E. Hoffman. 
