THE FLOWER VASE. 
101 
MYRTLE. 
Myrtus. Class Vi.—Order 1. 
A beautiful tree, held in high estimation by the ancients. 
Flowers white. 
Love in Absence. 
I miss thee each lone hour, 
Star of my heart! 
No other voice hath power 
Joy to impart. 
I listen for thy hasty step, 
Thy kind, sweet tone ; 
But sorrowing silence whispers me, 
Thou art alone ! 
Darkness is on the hearth — 
Nought do I say; 
Books are but little worth — 
Thou art away ! 
Voices, the true and kind, 
Strange are to me; 
I have lost heart and mind, 
Thinking of thee. 
Mbs. Scott. 
L. 
