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, RED. Then; is no emblem more significant 



Rosa rubrifolia. r >' oul!l > b , ca " l y* d "! no ??? c ? 



than a rose-inul. Tha rubrifolia u 

 a native of North America. 



HAY YOU EVER BE PURE AND LOVELY. 



Be your heart as pure, 

 Your check as bright 

 As the spring rose. 



Miss London. 



SENTIMENT. 



I would that thou mightst ever be 



As beautiful as now; 

 That time might ever leave as free 



Thy yet unwritten brow! 

 I would life were all poetry, 



To gentle measures set, 

 That nought but chastened melody 



Might dim thine eye of jet. 

 I would but deeper things than these 



With woman's lot are wove, 

 Wrought with intenser sympathies, 



And nerved by purer love. 

 By the strong spirit's discipline, 



By the fierce wrong forgiven, 

 By all that wrings the heart of sin, 



Is woman won to heaven. 

 I fear thy gentle loveliness, 



Thy witching tone and air, 

 And thine eyes' beseeching earnestness, 



May be to thee a snare ; 

 For silver stars may purely shine, 



The waters taintless flow; 

 But they who kneel at woman's shrine, 



Breathe on it as they bow. 

 "e may fling back the gift again, 



But the crushed flower will leave a stain. 



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