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SCABIOUS. Class 4. ^Order 1. Native of 



Scabiosa atro-purpurea. ]^*^ v ^we&-?crtow 



pic, red, and variegated. The 

 dark purple has been called 

 ' Mourning Bride.' 



UNFORTUNATE ATTACHMENT. 



The Scabious blooms in sad array, 

 A mourner in her spring. 



Anon. 



SENTIMENT. 



My heart too firmly trusted, fondly gave " 



ItsHf to all its tenderness a slave; 



I had no wish but thee, and only thee; 



I knew no happiness but only while 



Thy love-lit eyes were kindly turned on me. 



But thou hast gone, and left me here to bear 

 The weight of loneliness. 



Percival. 



ANSWER. 



The human heart! 't is a thing that lives 



In the light of many a shrine; 

 And the gem of its own pure feelings gives 



Too oft on brows that are false to shine 

 It has many a cloud of care and wo 



To shadow o'er its springs, 

 And the One above alone may know 



The changing tune of its thousand strings. 

 Mrs L.P Smith. 



