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GERANIUM, SCARLET. Umbels many-flowered ;leavw 

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CONSOLATION. 



SENTIMENT. 



Why shouldst thou weep? Around thee glows 



The purple light of youth, 

 And all thy looks the calm disclose 



Of innocence and truth. 

 Nay, weep not while thy sun shines bright, 



And cloudless is thy day, * 

 Whilst past and present joys unite 



To cheer thee on thy way ; 

 While fond companions round thee move, 



To youth and nature true, 

 And friends whose looks of anxious love 



Thy every step pursue. 



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ANSWER. 



The hue of death is cast o'er every thing ; 



And ram/i/ is marked on all I see! 



On all? Oh no! one blessed sign appears! 



If Heaven will take 



A heart that earth has crushed, form it anew, 

 And light it from on high, I offer mine, 

 Not without shame that all things else were tried, 

 Before the only balm. 



H. F. Omdd. 



