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ROSE, CHINESE, DARK. Native of China, but natu- 



Rosa semperflorens. \din Europe. Leaf- 



lets of a dark shining 

 green. Flowers solitary. 



FORSAKEN. 



Go, lovely rose, 

 Tell her that wastes her time and me, 



That now she knows, 

 When I resemble her to thee, 

 How sweet and fair she seems to be. 



Then die! that she, 

 The common fate of all things rare, 



May read in thee, 



How small a part of time they share, 

 That are so wondrous sweet and fair. 



Walltr. 



SENTIMENT. 



Farewell! the tie is broken. Thou 

 With all thou wert to me hast parted: 



I feel it on my burning brow, 



I would not else be broken-hearted. 



I may not weep I cannot sigh, 

 A weight is pressing on my breast; 



A breath breathes on me witheringly; 

 My tears are dry, my sighs supprest, 

 I almost wish my spirit were at rest. 



Farewell! I 've loved thee much! I feei 



That my idolatry was deep; 

 I know my heart can never heal, 



Till in the grave my passions sleep. 

 Yet I upbraid thee not, my love; 



T was all I had to offer thee, 

 Love in its own simplicity. 



How could I deem thou wouldst approve, 



How hope to draw an angel from above. 



Will*. 



