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i species of convolvulus and campanula, the mar- 
i | Ill vel of Peru, or belle-de-nuit, broom, tulips, 
cress, hibiscus, yellow lily, white water lily, 
and dianthus. 
See hieracium’s various tribe, 
Of plumy seed and radiate flowers, 
The blooms of time their course describe, 
| | And wake and sleep appointed hours. 
Broad o’er its imbricated cap, 
The goat’s-beard spreads its golden rays, 
a But shuts its cautious petals up, 
| | Retreating from the noontide blaze, 
Pale as a pensive cloistered nun, 
a | The Bethlehem star her face unveils, 
aa When o’er the mountain peers the sun, 
But shades it from the vesper gales. 
I Among the loose and arid sands 
| Hi | The humble arenaria creeps ; 
| Slowly the purple star expands, 
But soon within its calyx sleeps. 

