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StfOW-BALL. Clou 6. Order 3. A gonna found 



Viburnum OVUlllS. in Enr P e > America, and Japan. 



The kind we cultivate is the Euro- 

 pean shrub. Cymes large. Flowers 

 white, berries scarlet. 



THOUGHTS OF HEAVEN. 



The snow-flower tall ; 

 And throwing up into the darkest gloom 

 Of neighboring cypress, or more sable yew, 

 Her silver lobes, light as the foa aing surf 

 That the wind severs from the . roken wave. 



Cowper. 



SENTIMENT. 



Should sorrow o'er thy brow 



Its darkened shadow fling, 

 And hopes that cheer thee now, 



Die in their early spring; 

 Should pleasure, at its birth, 



Fade like the hues of even, 

 Turn thou away from earth 



There 's rest for thee in heaven. 



If ever life should seem 



To thee a toilsome way, 

 And gladness cease to beam 



Upon its clouded day: 

 ' If, like the weary dove, 



O'er shoreless ocean driven, 

 Raise thou thine eyes above 



There 'a rest for thee in heaven 



But O, if thornless flowers 



Throughout thy pathway bloom, 

 And gayly fleet ttie hours, 



Unstained by earthly gloom; 

 Still let not every thought 



To this poor world be given, 

 Nor always be forgot 



Thy better rest in heaven. 



17 * /. H. Bright 



