Still as we look with nicer care, Some new resemblance we may trace: A _Heart’s-ease_ will perhaps be there, A _Speedwell_ may not want its place. 20 And so may we, with charmèd mind Beholding what your skill has wrought, Another _Star-of-Bethlehem_ find, A new[298] _Forget-me-not_. From earth to heaven with motion fleet 25 From heaven to earth our thoughts will pass, A _Holy-thistle_ here we meet And there a _Shepherd’s weather-glass_; And haply some familiar name Shall grace the fairest, sweetest, plant 30 Whose presence cheers the drooping frame Of English Emigrant. Gazing she feels its power beguile Sad thoughts, and breathes with easier breath; Alas! that meek that tender smile 35 Is but a harbinger of death: And pointing with a feeble hand She says, in faint words by sighs broken, Bear for me to my native land This precious Flower, true love’s last token. 40 [297] 1845. And there in sweet communion live: Yet those loved most, in which we own A touching likeness which they bear To flower or herb, by Nature sown, To breathe our English air. MS. And there in sweet communion live Admired for beauty of their own, Loved for the likeness some may bear To flower … MS. Thus tempted Fancy with free scope Will range, and on these aliens set Names among us endeared to none, To hearts a fond regret. MS. So tempted … May range, … MS. [298] Nor miss … MS. TO THE PENNSYLVANIANS Composed 1845.--Published 1845 One of the “Sonnets dedicated to Liberty and Order.”--ED. Days undefiled by luxury or sloth, Firm self-denial, manners grave and staid, Rights equal, laws with cheerfulness obeyed, Words that require no sanction from an oath, And simple honesty a common growth-- 5 This high repute, with bounteous Nature’s aid, Won confidence, now ruthlessly betrayed At will, your power the measure of your troth!-- All who revere the memory of Penn Grieve for the land on whose wild woods his name[299] 10 Was fondly grafted with a virtuous aim, Renounced, abandoned by degenerate Men For state-dishonour black as ever came To upper air from Mammon’s loathsome den.[300] [299] To William Penn, son of Admiral Sir W. Penn, a printer and Quaker, Charles II. granted lands in America, to which he gave the name of Pennsylvania.--ED.