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death and sorrow, probably because it was said to 

 produce a narcotic stupor in those who slept beneath 



SPINDLE TREE. 



its shade, and sometimes to occasion death. Hence 

 all poetical allusions are of a mournful character. 

 The SPINDLE-TREE l flourishes in woods upon a 



1 Euonymus Europaus. 

 E 2 



