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UBEROSE. Pohjanlhes Tuberosa. Class 

 6, Hexanuria. Order: Monouynia. The 

 highly odoriferous properties of this eastern 

 flower have caused it to be a representation 

 of voluptuousness in the floral emblems of 

 the Persians. It is a native of Java and 

 Ceylon. 



VOLUPTUOUSNESS. 



The tuberose, with her silver light, 



That in the garden of Malay, 

 Is call'd the mistress of the night; 

 So like a bride, scented and bright, 



She comes out when the sun's away. 



Moore. 



Go to your banquet then, but use delight, ■ 

 So as to rise still with an appetite. 

 Love is a thing most nice, and must be fed 

 To such a height; but never surfeited. 

 What is beyond the mean is ever ill. 



Herrick. 



Give me long dreams and visions of content, 

 Rather than pleasures in a minute spent : 

 And since I know before, the shedding rose 

 In that same instant doth her sweetness lose; 

 Upon the virgin stock still let her dwell, 

 For me to feast my longings with her smell. 

 Those are but counterfeits of joy at best, 

 Which languish soon as brought unto the test, 

 Nor can I hold it worth his pains, who tries 

 To inn that harvest which by reaping dies. 



King. 



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