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U)iautl)US rai"UOpl)ljlluS. Natural Order: Caryophy//ari\c — Piiil- Fanii/y. 



\|()\Cr the most deliyhtlul of all our flowers are the Carna- 



tioiib, 111 all their diverse colors, being called the flower of 



[(jve 01 Jupiter, the chief god among the Romans, whence its 



n.mie — D/os, of Zeus, or Jupiter, and a lit has, a flower; the 



■c distiiKtive epithet is also trom two other Greek words, 



- kcniioii, a nut, and p/i\'lloii, a leaf They are variously called 



&-Va, bizai res, flakeb, or picotees, according to their colors and markings, 



-'* being spotted, striped or plain. The varieties number, it is said, over 



ifour hundred, and many of them yield the exquisite odor of the clove, 



>or other sweet pertume. 



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AND where his frown of hatred darkly fell, 

 Hope withering Hed — and me 



TJARSII -corn hath hail'd thy bli<;hte<l name, OHALL it not Ix- sci 



n Thou frail Init lovely thins; '^ To harp on such a 



And the pre 

 Is slowlv 



flower of faine 



To 



T 



HINK not there is no smile 



I can bestow upon thee. There is a smile, 

 imile of nature too, which I can spare. 

 And yet perhaps thou wilt not thank me for 



'T^AKE back, take back thy promi: 

 ' Take back, take back thy loN-e, 

 They say 'tis all ideal bliss 



Fleeting as sunbeams move: 

 And that 'twill quickly pass away, 



And not a chord remain 



To vibrate at affection's touch. 

 With such sweet joy again 



Then give me back the light, 

 I held in youth's bright m 



It can't endure indifterence, 

 'Twould break beneath th\ 



i 



Hen'ce: l, 

 I know th 



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