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HONEYSUCKLE 



(CAPRIFOLIUM PERICLYMENUM.) 



" That they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things." 



Titus ii. 10. 



CiiNGiNG to oaken boughs, trailing o'er bow'r, 

 Twining through hedge-rows green, blossoms this flow'r ; 

 Freely its fragrancy casting around 

 While the lark's soaring notes blithely resound. 



Thither the humming bee speedeth at mom 

 Storing her nectary ere she retiuTi ; 

 Grateful the traveller breathes the sweet gale, 

 Eesting his weary limbs down in the vale. 



Thus to a Higher Pow'r fast may I cling. 

 Thus, like the Woodbine, seek humbly to bring 

 Him that sustaineth me glory and praise, 

 By a life holily spent in His ways. 



Be it my blessedness too to impart 

 5 Joy and fresh vigour to many a heart 



Struggling with earnestness Heaven to attain, 

 Careworn, and fainting with sorrow and pain. 



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