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ICE PLANT. Clan 12 - Order 5. An En- 



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crystallinwn. color. 



AN OLD BEAU. 



With pellucid studs the Ice-Flower gems 

 His rimy foliage, and his candied stems. 



Darwin. 



SENTIMENT. 



Last days of my youth! ye are come, ye are come, 

 And the tints of life's morning will soon fade away; 

 I once vainly fancied my cheek's purple bloom, 

 Immortal as angels, would never decay; 

 Nor can I believe the cold words of my tonguo, 

 When it falters that I am no more to be young. 



No wonder! for who could unmoved bid adieu 

 To love's kindling raptures warm youth only knows; 

 And, on the world's dim awful threshold to view 

 The opening scenes of his joys or his woes, 

 Who gazes nor sighs, with a heart deeply wrung 

 Why can we not always be blooming and young? 



/. H. AicAo/i. 



ANSWER. 



Yes, the summer of life passes swiftly away, 

 Soon the winter of age sheds its snow on the heart; 

 But the warm sun of friendship that gilded youth's day 

 Shall still through the dark clouds a soft ray impart 

 (Atlantic Sinitenir.) Alhton Gibbs. 



