THE ALOE. 



The aloe is made the emblem of acute sorrow, on ac- 

 count of its painful bitterness. The bitter of the aloe 

 affects the body, that of affliction reaches the soul. 



Sorrow that locks up the struggling heart. 



AKENSIDE. 



If you do sorrow at my grief in love 

 By giving love your sorrow and my grief 

 Were both extermined. 



SHAKSPEARE. 



Besides, you know, 



Prosperity 's the very bond of love ; 



Whose fresh complexion, and whose heart together, 



Affliction alters. 



winter's tale. 



(155) 



