THE SLOWER VASE. 49 
Rosa. Class 12.—Order 13. 
This is a sweet-scented shrub, with delicate pink flowers. 
Grows often to a great height. 
Poetry. 
Thy spirit has a gift, a secret gift. 
Which answers only to the far, bright stars, 
When through the greenwood’s high and change¬ 
ful rift, 
Streams down the light of Venus and of Mars; 
Which answers only to the winds and. streams, 
The sweet wood-blossoms and the moon’s pale 
beams. 
Thou seest 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 ears unheard, 
The wild flower, swinging in the lonely dell,— 
All bind thee with a strong and wondrous spell. 
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