Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-07-25

Here Is I'm ell packer sfh ~ ~ o"e VI WV
iriends-and sfe happy % mink we have msny-uo'n
across the Ati.n,ic-and what shoul II conain among
other welcome volumes, bat IN h'Ging yellow as efoens
Flora's Interpreter, the American Book OF Flowers
and Seniimeni- The colec ion aud selection has been
made aud tesiefuliy-hy Mrs. Hale, lady who is
An honor TO q ston We know who may be the writer
of The following lines TO ga Night blowing Cereus"
hope the fair Eires. h,rsei,-be we cannot give them
better raise than by grazing our pages ~ih them, among
pearls as pure as hcmelves-here Of the first
water. in the setngwhieh do you love beet, the
American or the Engli.hS
NIGHr.BLowING cEREUs.
Strange aowet! Oh, beautifully straogi
AnG S SS tho ,S Sa, .S"y watching Sbi" stars.
sptead'st thou thy petals whiteI
Thero'. sloep among the hrea,hug flowers.
9Th, The 70 70 a o.n leave. all all rest eat s..,,,
The wOoI.bird'. in It's ne,t;-
Thou wakes, Of earth. bright thisss
a slen, wa'eh is thine, 49,
oa Ta'o ui si '.I .sy : S'ias s'
Morn glove. and thou arr gone for aye,
Like ike. Thy s s., '..i arm err. Of , Aaey'
Once n,wcne, wilt thou never
Give thy pale beauty baek!
G SSSs' i"Ss sn %Ss o ssea pour
Thou flower Of summer. night,
Wh'n whispering farewell,
Mid brighter hing. ,'S 10 d%cR "'' -
Thou has, unsea'd thoughts deep fouT+
And nv hcaus incense viii breathe
To Heaven, brish flower with thee.
EVENING PRIMROSE.
..The sun his latest ray has She'd
The wild bird to most has spsd,
Their brifh,cs, CLAW,
In slumber
Then why a., thou lone vigil. keeping;
Paie flower, when all beside are seepins'
Are not the same Each t a saaSs . .Ic%!
And the Opiato dewdrops sleeping
Both thee aud hemi
Eve my L., ,h. still hour,
U S'S %a aS dq Iro '% s.ly Gsm as"'
And conscious reoi tie pale moon shower
Her light
" Soon meek evening wells the sky
Aud on my breast the dewdt"Ps lie.
And wba, of mine i. itagraucy,
Say thou, who thus dot question mo-
Wouiist thoa from enI,hs duh cares be FREQ,
o. h''en' aud III , sGunsSi ,nIs
Tum0'' and fla'' 4. AID D sSs'' DONE.
Entor thy closet door,
Then sSo@ ds%. hnn no" Sa s tho 'o flower
And beams which Sun nor moon can pous
Hume thy breast
In 'Fora's Interpreter The iues the Nigh-bow-
ing Cereus marked From the dies' Magszne," oil
which Mrs j. Hale Is eiI,ress. Are they really Ame-
rcan? There is something ahou, them-may say il
without oltence-a fue simplicity empering their
esrnes nesShaI almost makes us doubt their heit
and they bring, though dim, yet not unfamiliar ecoliec-
tons TO mud, If we had heard them before,
where or 9th r. years ago Yet We dare say that
mistaken and that the Cereus they celebrate Bos
ton flow err. Certain are that the Evening Primrose
delightfully."- sung by fairy country sprsDe
from English SOLVE know not whether in garden
waIe grouud-or the dreary sands OF the Lancashire
coast, where grows wild in prcuson Equally beauti.
full her lines the Dark -nower-d Stock Ghhow
"Me ncholy Glllowe is often called because OF the
sombre hue OF its blossoms aud their exhang fragrance
only in the night Many OF tie double varieties very
lovely aud give their rich odours freely In as
time. tut, to deserve the notice oil Thomson who, il
his enumeration oil 1Owers, passes his encoinium t
"And lavish stock, which tho garden round"
"There seems" adds tue lady, - peculiar rsgrsncy
in the Of night blowing dowers; 1t is something
akin TO night music"
The White " alter Lily, again. one Of a,e most magni.
fcient oil n wers, Sir James Smith truly
OF tie dav enly closing towards evening, when they re
cline the surface OF the water, link beneath it, The
shaking of the flowers under night, he says ha
been denied doubted, therefore lie careful ver
iy H. The same circumstance is recorded Of the EgyP
tian Lotus, from the most remote antiquity. Wha
exquisite lines Mrs Hemans has written on water
such prouson do they GOai, that they 10 sink
images OF The soi-reheced stars. Hee lines whcl
Mrs. Hemans will admire AID love.
TIFF WATER LILY.
Yes. thou az. days own noweI-ioI when he's nod
Aud watching, weeping though the l!yo'ons nisat'
oGk forth %pa.'Go for The sSswnios light
Dos from the inmost fold Thy breast display
oh would that I, from "arlh's deElement FREQ,
But ah. feel within q bigbng power,
M"Irns each grace. like hidden worm the flowers
That a eight & Gh' Jab S@% S %S"% eye
Yoi whittier go'-oh, there's wave,
Where he who wseps for ,in his soul may avoj
Waiting the fret fair day spring from on high;
Then gIsd emerging hom the healing stream,
Welcome, like thee, sweet flower, the dawing beam.
IL We shall bring before readers in nex her
specimens OF American female Genius The won
deriu Poeiess at the age Of rs We shall accompa
ny tie Extracts with original letter 10 gentleman o
Virgins, from her mother aud younger sister, (herse
vofafy of the poetic AT y Enquirer.
POLITICAL.