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And cups, the darlings of the eye, 

 So deep in their vermillion dye." * 



The objects thus pleasingly alluded to are the Cup- 

 lichens, or ScypliopJiori, whose multifarious varieties, 

 whether seen upon the sandy heath, the silent moun- 

 tain waste, or upon the humble cottage pales, like 

 brown fairy goblets sometimes one within another, 

 cannot' fail to awaken in the Botanical Explorator, 

 admiration, if not gratitude to that Power who has 

 made all things beautiful, that solace may be found in 

 his works to counterpoise the baleful effects of those 

 passions that desecrate the moral world, and soothe 

 those pangs that still ever accompany the struggles of 

 man in the physical one. 



* WORDSWORTH. 



