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H.OSE, DAMASK. Native of Syria and Damascus, 



Rosa damOSCena. *y* .naturalized in Europe. It 



is dehciously sweet Flowers a 



beautiful pink, verging towards a 



purple. 



BASHFUL LOVE. 



Ah, see the virgin rose, how sweetly she 

 Doth first put forth with bashful modesty, 

 That fairer seems the less ye see her may. 



SENTIMENT. 



Before the winning breeze could steal 



Morn's sprinkled pearl-drops from the rose, 



I culled it, that it might reveal 

 The tale my lips dare not disclose. 



Its leaves of virgin tenderness, 



Where I have pressed a kiss for the, 

 Its blush of maiden bashfulness, 



Both tell of love and secrecy. 



F.S.HilL 



