
FLORA’S ALBUM. 


















Snapdragon. 

































A plant, the scarlet flowers of which are so vivid that 
they cannot be looked upon with a fixed eye. 7 
YOU ARE DAZZLING, BUT DAN- | 7 
GEROUS. 
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Saved from the perils of the stormy wave, } I 
And faint with toil, the wanderer of the main, | A 
But just escaped from shipwreck’s billowy grave, | k 
Trembles to hear its horrors named again. 1 ; 
| | 
How warm his vow, that Ocean’s fairest mien 
No more shall lure him from the smiles of home! 
Yet soon, forgetting each terrific scene, 0 
Once more he turns, o’er boundless deeps to roam. | | 




Lady ! thus I, who vainly oft in flight 
Seek refuge from the dangers of thy sight, 
Make the firm vow, to shun thee and be free ; 
But my fond heart, devoted to its chain, | 
Still draws me back where countless perils reign, 
And grief and ruin spread their snares for me. 











Translated from Camoens, by 
Mrs Hamans. 





































