THE WATER-LILIES;

OR,

A VOYAGER'S DREAM OF LAND.

THERE's a spring in the woods by my sunny home,

Afar from the dark sea's tossing foam;

Oh! the fall of that fountain is sweet to hear,
As a song from the shore to the sailor's ear!
And the sparkle which up to the sun it throws,
Through the feathery fern and the olive boughs,
And the gleam on its path as it steals away
Into deeper shades from the sultry day;
And the large Water-Lilies that o'er its bed,
Their pearly leaves to the soft light spread;

These haunt me! I dream of that bright spring's flow,
I thirst for its rills like a wounded roe.

MRS. HEMANS.

CUPID'S BARK.

He little knew how well the boy
Can float upon a goblet's stream,
Lighting them with his smile of joy ;-

As bards have seen him in their dreams,
Down the blue Ganges floating glide,

Upon a rosy Lotus wreath *,

Catching new lustre from the tide,

That with his image shone beneath.

MOORE.

*The Indians feign that Cupid was first seen floating

down the Ganges on the Nymphæa Netumbo.

ZEDOARY.

(Zedoary.)

THIS plant is a native of the East Indies, and but little known in this country, although it would grace the greenhouse from the beauty of its blossom. The roots are imported into England for medicinal purposes; but of late years have gone much out of use they have an agreeable camphoraceous smell, and a bitter aromatic taste.

Class, MONANDRIA.

Order, MONOGYNIA.