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SUN-FLOWER, TALL. Same class and order as preced- 



Heliantkus annuus. * Native o{ . M co a " d Pern - 



III those countries it is said to grovr 

 to the hejght of twenty feet, and 

 the flowers are two feet broad. 



LOFTY AND PURE THOUGHTS. 



Great Ifclianlhus climbs the upland lawn, 

 And bows in homage to the rising dawn; 

 Imbibes with eagle eye the golden ray, 

 And watches, as it moves, the orb of day. 



Darwin. 



SENTIMENT. 



She had a mind, 



Deep and immortal, and it would not feed 

 On pageantry. She thirsted for a spring 

 Of a serener element, and drank 

 Philosophy, and for a little while 

 She was allayed, till presently it turned 

 Bitter within her, and her spirit grew 

 Faint for undying waters. Then she came 

 To the pure fount of God and is ut hirst 

 No more save, when the ' fever of the -world* 

 Falleth upon her, she will go and breathe 

 A holy aspiration alter heaven. 



Willu. 

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