102 THE POETRY OF FLOWERS 
when the Graces accompany Venus and her ministering Cupids, 
they are crowned with myrtle ; and when they follow thp Mu¬ 
ses, they are crowned with wreaths of the hundred-leaved rose. 
Gifted and worshipped one! genius and grace 
Play in each motion and beam in thy face. 
f. s. o. 
So light—that, gazing breathless there, 
Lest the celestial dream should go, 
You’d think the music in the air 
Waved the fair vision to and fro! 
Or that the melody’s sweet flow 
Within the radiant creature played; 
And those soft wreathing arms of snow 
And white sylph-feet, the music made! 
Now gliding slow, with dreamy grace, 
Her eyes beneath their lashes lost — 
Now motionless, with lifted face, 
And small hands on her bosom crossed — 
And now, with flashing eyes, she springs, 
Her whole bright figure raised in air, 
As if her soul had spread its wings, 
And poised her one wild instant there! 
f. s. o. 
