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ED MULBERRY. Morus rubra. Class || 

 21, MONOECIA. Order: TETRANDRIA. The i 

 Red Mulberry is rare in the Atlantic States, j 

 but abundant in the west, where it often 

 exceeds 60 or 70 feet in height, with the 

 trunk two feet in diameter. The fruit is 

 deep red, of an agreeable, acidulous, and 

 sugary flavour. The wood is fine-grained, compact, and by many 

 is esteemed fully equal in durability to the locust; but the tree 

 is less abundant, grows more slowly, and requires a richer soil. 

 It is used in ship-building whenever it can be procured. 



WISDOM. 



O wisdom ! if thy soft control 



Can soothe the sickness of the soul, 



Can bid the warring passions cease, 



And breathe the calm of tender peace ; 



Wisdom ! I bless thy gentle sway, 



And ever, ever will obey. 



But if thou comest with frown austere 



To nurse the brood of care and fear ; 



To bid our sweetest passions die, 



And leave us in their room a sigh ; 



Or if thine aspect stern have pow'r 



To wither each poor transient flower 



That cheers this pilgrimage of woe, 



And dry the springs whence hope should flow ; 



Wisdom, thine empire I disclaim : 



In gloomy shade of cloister dwell, 



But never haunt my cheerful cell. 



BARBAVLD. 



And that old mulberry that shades the court 

 Has been my joy from very childhood up. 



WHITE. 



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