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CALLA, ^Ethiopica. 



(Continued.) 



Yet, fair exotic ! by this single rule, 



That thy name speaks thee of " the Beautiful," 



(A race by ancient gods and modern men 



Alike ador'd,) thou should'st engage my pen : 



The more, that thy chaste hue of modest white 



Evokes the thought of one as pure, as bright ; 



On whose fair brow most legibly is writ, 



What more enchants, than beauty, grace, or wit : 



Of thai, with thy fresh circling leaf of green, 



(.An artless robe, adapted to thy mien,) 



Henceforth in Flora's reign the emblem be, 



And bear the name of Female Modesty* . . C***e. 



CALYCANTHUS. Benevolence. 



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 C. floridus. 



s ito 

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Nature all, is blooming and benevolent like thee. 



Thomson. 



Like a sweet flower that on the passing breeze 



Sheds its rich fragrance like a pure star shining 



With tranquil glory in a summer sky ; 



So pure, so gentle, so benevolent, 



That men were doubtful if of earth she was, 



Or spirit, haply straying from its home. . . S. P. C. 



His heart no selfish cares confin'd, 



He felt for all that feel distress ; 

 And still benevolent and kind, 



He bless'd them, or he wish'd to bless. Cartwright. 



CAMELLA, Japonica. 



Japan Rose. 

 C. J. 



Pity- 



Lucia, though sworn never to think of love, 

 Compassionates your pains, and pities you. 



Addison. 



Heaven has not cursed me with a heart of steel 

 But given the sense to pity and to feel. 



Homer's Odyssey. 



Answer. 



What is compassion, when 'tis void of love ? 



She pities me ! 



To one that asks the warm return of love, 

 Compassion 's cruelty, 'tis scorn, 'tis death. Addison. 



If I could temporize with my affection, 



Or brew it to a weak or colder palate, 



The like allayment could I give my grief. 



My love admits no qualifying dross ; 



No more my grief, in such a precious loss. . . Sfiaks. 



* Note. To which the Romans erected two temples. 



