CHINA ASTER, Single. 



(Continued.) 



Oft expectation fails, and most oft there 

 Where most it promises : and oft it hits 

 Where hope is coldest, and despair most sits. 



Answer. 



Shales. 



Those gracious words revive my drooping thoughts, 

 And give my tongue-tied sorrows leave to speak. Shake. 



I spy some pity in thy looks same. 



Do not hold forth a grace, then snatch it from me. 



JEschylus* Prometheus Chained. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM, 



Rose colour. 



Chrysanthemum Indicum. 



My heart will burst, an if I speak, 



And I will speak, that so my heart may burst. Sftaks. 



Yet, 



Why should I blush to own I love ? 

 'Tis love that rules the realms above. 

 Why should I blush to say to all, 

 That virtue holds my heart in thrall ? H. K. White. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM, White. 

 Chrysanthemum Indicum. 



Oh, she had yet the task to learn, 



How often woman's heart must tarn 



To feed upon its own excess 



Of deep, yet passionate, tenderness ! 



How much of grief the heart must prove, 



That yields a sanctuary to love ! . . . . L. E. L 



Truth. All my offering must be 



Truth, and spotless constancy L. E. L. 



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Truth needs no flowers of speech. Pope. 



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True as a needle to the pole, 



Or as the dial to the sun ; 



Constant as gliding waters roll, 



Whose swelling tides obey the moon ; 



From ev'ry other charmer free, 



My life, and love, shall follow thee Booth. 



Answer. 



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How sweet the words of truth, 

 Breath'd from the lips of love Beattie. 



