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(jRASS. Class 3. Orrfer 2. There are more tl an 300 



Grumina. 8 P' !CM;s f (lf << *'!>. They constitute, uo-onliug 

 to I.iima-us .-ili.sut a sixth part of all the vegeta- 

 bles on the globe. 



SUBMISSION. 



Grass, according to Herodotus, was the symbol of 

 submission, because the ancient nations of the West, 

 to sliow that they confessed themselves overcome, 

 gathered grass, and presented it to the conqueror. 

 (See note to Book 4, Melpomene.) 



SENTIMENT. 



O, when affliction's friendly screen 

 Shuts out life's vain illusive scene 

 When thus she seals our weary eyes 

 To all its glittering vanities, 

 A gleam of heavenly light will pour 

 Our dark despairing spirits o'er, 

 And Faith, with mirk, submissive eye, 

 Far glancing through eternity, 



s where the heavenly mansions rise, 

 Of her bright home beyond the skies; 

 Whose golden fanes sublimely tower 

 High o'er the clouds that round us lower. 

 Then welcome sorrow's shrouding shade; 

 Fade scenes of earthly splendor, fade! 

 And leave me to the dawning ray, 

 Which brightens till the 'perfect day.' 



American Ladiet' Magazine, Vol. I 



