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Palm which, from its grateful freshness and the beauty of its 

 structure, seems almost as if possessed of more than vege- 

 tative life, to the Algae, which form "the pool's green 

 mantle " from the gigantic and " storm-defying " Oak, with 



its green foliage spreading out far above, and throwing its 

 welcome shade around, to defend from the sun's rays the 

 gentle deer who pasture on the herbage beneath to the 

 grass and clover, and the sweet-smelling wild flowers at 

 their feet 



" Daffodils 



That come before the swallow dares, and take 

 The winds of March with beauty ; violets dim 

 But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes, 

 Or Oytherea's breath, pale primroses 

 That die unmarried, ere they can behold 

 Bright Phrebus in his strength " 



form inexhaustible themes on which to exercise our faculties* 

 of admiration, and which serve admirably to minister to 

 those wants which, without doubt, were given to us that we 

 might derive pleasure from their being thus beautifully 



