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ROSE, MUNDI. An American rose, being a variety of 



striped or variegated with red and white, 

 YOU ARE MERRY. 



Thou blooming rose! 



Blown in the morning thou shalt die ere noon: 

 What boots a life that in such haste forsakes thee? 

 Thou 'rt wondrous frolic being to die so soon, 

 And passing proud a little color makes thee. 



Sir Richard Fanshau.. 



SENTIMENT. 



The merry heart, the merry heart, 



Of heaven's gift I hold thee best; 



And they who feel its pleasant throb, 



Though dark their lot, are truly blest. 



From youth to age it changes not, 



In joy and sorrow still the same ; 



When skies are dark, and tempests scowl, 



It shines a steady beacon flame. 



It gives to Beauty half its power, 



The nameless charms worth all the rest 



The light that dances o'er a face, 



And speaks of sunshine in the breast. 



If Beauty ne'er have set her seal, 



It well supplies her absence too, 



And many a cheek looks passing fair, 



Because a merry heart shines through. 



JVew England Magazine, PM. L 



