THE FLOWER VASE. 
59 
GERANIUM—SCARLET. 
P. Inquinans. 
Leaves round, velvety. Mowers a rich scarlet. 
Thou art changed. 
Thou lovest me not as thou lovedst me of old, 
Ere I suffered one throb of keen anguish for 
thee; 
The fire on the shrine of thy heart hath grown 
cold, 
Or if burning, it bumeth no longer for me. 
Thou shouldst not grow weary of one so allied 
To thy destiny, dearest, as I am to thine; 
Whose love, like the ivy, long planted and tried, 
Glows greenest ana best on a mouldering shrine. 
