152 THE FLOWER VASE. 
ZINNIA. 
Zinnia. Class 19. — Order 2. 
Flowers red, purple and yellow. The large searlet Zin¬ 
nia is most beautiful. 
I mourn your absence. 
The sun is bright — us golden rays 
Gild mountain-top and flower; 
O’er rock, and wave, and vale it plays, 
From morn till evening hour. 
But, ah! no beauty in its beams 
My weary heart can see, 
While rocks, and vales, and glancing streams 
Keep me away from thee 1 
The waves to others wear a light 
More glorious than the Sky; 
To me earth’s hues are only bright 
Reflected from thine eye. 
The world may deem me dull and sad— 
I care not how that be; 
I never can, nor will be glad, 
My love, away from thee! 
