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FORGET-ME-NOT. ? 7<W ?A Order I. A species of 



Viola cucula. 



TRUE LOVE. 



And faith, that a thousand ills can brave, 

 Speaks in thy blue leaves, 'Forget-me-not.' 



Ptrcival. 



SENTIMENT. 



Where flows the fountain silently, 



It blooms a lovely flower, 

 Blue as the beauty of the sky ; 

 It speaks like kind fidelity, 



Through fortune's sun and shower, 

 ' Forget-me-not. ' 



T is like thy starry eyes, more bright 



Than evening's proudest star; 

 Like purity's own halo light, 

 It seems to smile upon thy sight, 



And says to thee from far 

 ' Forget-me-not.' 



Each dew-drop on its morning leaves 



Is eloquent as tears, 



That whisper, when young passion grieves 

 For one beloved afar, and weaves 

 His dream of hopes and fears 

 'Forget-me-not.' 



HalUck. 

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