THE FLOWER VASE. 
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LADY’S SLIPPER. 
Cypripeditjm. Class 20. — Order 2. 
A small genus, of which six species are found in North 
America. Mowers purple, pink, yellow, etc. 
Capricious Beauty. 
Changing ever, who can dare 
Trust his feelings to thy care? 
Smiling now, and now so vexed, 
Who knows what to look for next ? 
Who can love thee if they would; 
Or would love thee if they could? 
What but agony and fear, 
First a smile and then a tear, 
Could attend a true devotion ' 
To a heart of such commotion ? 
Nay, capricious one! believe me, 
Thine no more the power to grieve me' 
