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IVY. Class 5. Order 1. The Ivy is found in all 



Hedera countries, but the Hedera helix is the common 



European Ivy. Flowers green; berries globular 



and black. 



WEDDED LOVE. 



Yes, woman's love 's a holy light, 

 And when 't is kindled, ne'er can die; 

 It lives, though treachery and slight 

 To quench its constancy may try; 

 Like Ivy, where to cling 't is seen, 

 It wears an everlasting green. 



Anon. 



SENTIMENT. 



The Ivy round some lofty pile 



Its twining tendril flings; 

 Though fled from thence be pleasure's smile, 



It yet the fonder clings; 

 As lonelier still becomes the place, 

 The warmer is its fond embrace, 



More firm its verdant rings; 

 As if it loved its shade to rear 

 O'er one devoted to despair. 



Thus shall my bosom cling to thine, 



Unchanged by gliding years; 

 Through Fortune's rise, or her decline, 



In sunshine, or in tears; 

 And though between us oceans roll, 

 And rocks divide us, still my soul 



Shall feel no jealous fears: 

 Confiding in a heart like thine, 

 Love's uncontaminated shrine. 



Anon. (Albany Advertiser.) 



