My heart is with its early dream; I would not that the worldly ones Should hear my frequent sigh; The deer that bears its death-wound, turns In loneliness to die. Mrs. Embury. I come, ANSWER. I come! Why should I rove A dreary world like this, When a voice beloved recalls me back, To share life's all of bliss? I come, I come! like the weary bird, Like the pilgrim from afar, I come Anon. GILLY-FLOWER. Class 15. Order 2. Found in America, Europe, and the colder parts of Asia and Africa. Flowers bright red, purple, or white. SHE IS FAIR. Fair as the Gilly-flower of garden's sweet. Gay. SENTIMENT. Why was the sense of beauty lent to man,— The feeling of fine forms, the taste of soul, That speaks from eye and lip, and thus will fan Love in the young beholder? Percival. ANSWER. Oh! it is worse than mockery And the charm of person worshipped, To the perfect charm of virtue, J. G. Whittier. 44 Class 19. Order 2. The Solidago Found in all the States. GOLDEN ROD. ENCOURAGEMENT. The Golden Rod, that blossoms in the wild, Anon. SENTIMENT. We met, and we drank from the crystalline well, Percival. ANSWER. I could not bid those visions spring For each wild phantom which they bring, But pictures thee. GRAPE, WILD. Class 5. Order 1. North America has many species of wild grape, though the vinifera is not indigenous. Flowers numerous, small, green and fragrant. MIRTH. Let dimpled Mirth his temples twine SENTIMENT. I heard the gushing of thy voice, That no chill wind of sorrow come That no dark cloud of grief may rise But that pure stream of joy gush on, Scott. Miller. GRASS. Class 3. Order 2. There are more than 300 species of Grasses. They constitute, according to Linnæus, about a sixth part of all the vegetables on the globe. SUBMISSION. Grass, according to Herodotus, was the symbol of submission, because the ancient nations of the West, to show that they confessed themselves overcome, gathered grass, and presented it to the conqueror. (See note to Book 4, Melpomene.) SENTIMENT. O, when affliction's friendly screen Sees where the heavenly mansions rise, American Ladies' Magazine, Vol. I. |