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HOLLY. Class 4. Order 4. A beautiful everjjreen tree, 



f/-_ found in Europe, Japan, America, etc. It lias 



eliinum, prickly loaves near the gruuml; Hiuooth 



higli ones; white flowers, und berries scarlet 



color. 



DOMESTIC HAPPINESS. 



Gentle at home, amid my friends, 1 'd be, 

 Like the high leaves upon the Holly tree. 



Southey. 



SENTIMENT. 



Oh! could I one dear being find, 

 And were her fate to mine but joined 



By Hymen's silken tie, 

 To her myself, my all I 'd give, 

 For her alone delighted live, 



For her consent to die. 

 Should gathering clouds our sky deform, 

 My arms should shield her from the storm; 



And were its fury hurled, 

 My bosom to its bolts I 'd bare, 

 In her defence undaunted dare 



Defy the opposing world. 

 Together should our prayers ascend, 

 Together humbly would we bend, 



To praise the Almighty's name; 

 And when I saw her kindling eye 

 Beam upward to her native sky, 



My soul should catch the flame. 

 Thus nothing should our hearts divide, 

 But on our years serenely glide, 



And all to love be given; 

 And, when life's little scene was o'er, 

 We 'd part, to meet and part no more, 



But live and love in heaven. 



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