ON THE OPENED ROSE.

Он mark those smiling tears, that swell
The opened Rose: from heaven they fell,
And with the sunbeams blend;

Blest visitations from above,
Such are the tender woes of love,
Fostering the heart they bend.

S. T. COLERIDGE.

ON THE SAME.

YON viewless wanderer of the vale,
The spirit of the western gale,

At morning's break, at evening's close,
Inhales the sweetness of the Rose;
And hovers o'er the uninjured bloom,
Sighing back the soft perfume;
Vigour to the zephyr's wing,

Her nectar-breathing kisses fling;
And he the glitter of the dew,
Scatters on the Rose's hue.
Bashful, lo! she bends her head,

And darts a blush of deeper red!

K

S. T. COLERIDGE.

THE ROSE-BUD.

BEAUTEOUS Rose-bud, young and gay,
Blooming in the early May;

Never mayst thou, lovely flow'r,
Chilly shrink in sleety show'r!
Never Boreas' hoary path,
Never Eurus' pois'nous breath,
Never baleful stellar lights,
Taint thee with untimely blights!
Never, never, reptile thief,
Riot on thy virgin leaf!

Not even Sol too fiercely view

Thy bosom blushing still with dew!
Mayst thou long, sweet crimson gem,*
Richly deck thy native stem;
Till some ev'ning, sober, calm,
Dropping dews, and breathing balm,
While all around the woodland rings,
And ev'ry bird thy requiem sings;
Thou, amid the dirgeful sound,
Shed thy dying honours round,
And resign to parent earth,

The loveliest form she e'er gave

birth.

BURNS.

SOLOMON'S SEAL.

(Convallaria polygonatum.)

THIS plant is perennial, and a native of Britain, growing in rocky and woody parts, and flowering in May and June. The root is beset with knobs, and marked with circular depressions, resembling the impression of a seal; hence it has acquired the name "Solomon's Seal."

In Galen's time this plant was much used by ladies to remove freckles, and for beautifying the skin. The berries, flowers, and leaves, are said to be poisonous.

Class, HEXANDRIA.

Order, MONOGYNIA.