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■ ^spl)CiLtclus lutl'US. Xatukal Order: Li'/iacccc — Lily Family 



^=^ ERY fine among the family of lilies is the Asphodel, a gar- 

 ikn plant from the island of Sicily. It is very easily culti- 

 xated, and multiplies rapidly. The stem is nearly three feet 

 ^/(-> high, and adorned with hollow, three-cornered leaves. The 

 flowers, which are yellow, bloom closely along the stalk, almost 

 covering its whole length. There is also a white ^■ariety, a native 

 of Europe. The name is from the Greek, and means not to be 

 equaled. The}- planted it beside the torftbs, and fancied that beyond 

 the Acheron the deceased roamed through fields of Asphodel, quaff- 

 ing the waters of Lethe. 



'TPHE dead! the much-loved dead! 



Who doth not yearn to know 

 The secret of" their dwelling-place, 

 And to what land thev go? 

 What heart but asks, with ceaseless tone. 

 For some sure knowledge of its own ? 



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moon is shining 



HEX the summ. 



Soft and fair. 

 Friends she loved in tears are twi 



Chaplets there. 

 Rest in peace, thou gentle spirit. 



Throned above — 

 Souls like thine with God inherit 



Life and love! — •fames 



—Mary E. Lee. 

 TN my left hand I held a shell, 



All rosv-lipped and pearly red; 

 I laid it by his lowly bed, 

 For he did love so passing well 

 The grand songs of the solemn sea. 

 Oh! shell, sing well! wild! with a w 

 When storms blow loud and birds bi 

 The wildest sea-song known to thee 

 — yoagititi 



■pADE! flowers, fade! nature will have it so; 



'Tis what we must in our autumn do! 

 And as 3'our leaves lie quiet on the ground. 

 The loss alone by those that lov'd them found. 

 So in the grave shall we as quiet lie, 

 Miss'd by some few that loved our company. 



— »a//,-r. 



Fields. 



Still, 

 Vi/ler. 



