HAWTHOEN. 



Come, ye blushing maidens, view it, — 

 Praj*ing ye may be as chaste, — 



For ye are, if ye but knew it. 



Here as Hawthorn blossoms placed ; 



To adorn and to enliven 



Every path and glade of life. 



And, perchance, when virtues ripen. 

 Bear the holy name of wife \ 



1 Gen. ii. 18. 



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