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(DpIjioinloSSUm miliiatum. Natural Order: Filiccs — Fern Family. 



<\ R WGE name has this singular little plant, being derived 



trom two Greek words, of his, meaning serpent, and o-/ossa,.a 



tongue; so called from the lance-like spike on which the 



seeds are produced. It belongs to the beautiful family of 



^ terns, most of which propagate themselves by seeds or 



^spoies, arranged in various ways on the back of their leaves, 



s )me being too minute to be visible to the naked eve. It is found in 



ow grounds, with solitary fronds measuring from two to three inches 



in length It has been chosen as an emblem of deceit, because those 



b\ whom we are deceived are usually compared to serpents lurking 



in the wiass, ind ready to sting us unawares. 



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A ND this was he who loved me; he who came 

 ■'*• To whisper vows to my too willing ear 

 With lip of melody and heart of flame; 

 Vows whose glad truth I deem'd so trebly dear 

 To him who breathed them, that had doubt or fear 

 Been raised within my heart, they could not grow — 

 He whose bright eyes bespoke a soul sincere — 

 This; //lis was he who — vain remembrance now! — 



He 



ves to 



the past — he lives to break hi; 



A TO man's condition is so base as his; 



None more accursed than he ; for man esteems 

 Him hateful 'cause he seems not what he is; 

 God hates him 'cause he is not what he seems; 

 What grief is absent, or what mischief can 

 Be added to the hate of God and man? 



-Fran 



^iiarles. 



A 



H! tha 

 And « 



deceit should steal such gentle shapes, 

 th a virtuous visor hide deep vice! 



■pETTER the truth. 

 Though it bring me 



.ith, 



Than a lie as sweet as the dreams of vouth. 



Better to stand 



In a lonely land, 

 My feet unshod in its desert sand. 



Than to blindly go 



W'liere cool streams flow. 

 And a serpent coils in the grasses low. 



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