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^airrls In II|^ ^uiceI. 



lirHILE writing verses for my Ic 

 ** And there she stood! I rose i 

 '• How careless to put out the light ! 

 I answered, " that I quenched niv 1: 



'pO gild refined gold, to paint the lily, 



To throw a perfume on the violet. 

 To smooth the ice, or add another hue 

 Unto the rainbow, or with taper liglit, 

 To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish. 

 Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. —Slin/.-espeare. 



i, I looked up from the paper, 

 haste, and overturned the taper, 

 she said. " Is it surprising," 



ip when I saw the sun arising.'' 



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'HEN first I saw my darling's face, 

 know I did not see the grace 



That afterward, unbidden. 

 Seemed filling all her dainty form. 

 As day by day, love, gently born. 



Disclosed some trait long hidden. _ 



A LOVELIER nympli the penci 

 ^ For the fond Graces form'd 1 

 And heaven's soft azure in her ev 



'HE hath the art, ma belie. 



To praise most sweetly well, 

 Iv in love's service doth she u. 



For me, between her \oice 

 And all songs were there choice, 

 vould 



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?Ilapl)nc oknattX. Natural Order: Thviiiclacccc — MczercKin Family. 



yl,.-^'TV""<S^|v^ O^'r ot the Daphnes are trom tho.se distant climes so rich 



hi.xuriant in all forms of vegetation, Southern Africa, 



<^ China and x^ustralia; but few of the species being dis- 



minated in other countries. They are \v0rth3- a choice 



■j^ jMiKe in the greenhouse, window, or conservator}-, as they 



' - *" bloom in the bleakest season of the year, beginning in Decem- 



bei and lasting until spring. The foliage is beautiful and evergreen, 



the floweis white, abundant and fragrant. Some of the varieties 



ha\e ios\ purple, and the Daphne oleoides lilac, blossoms. All are 



highly odorilerous. The name is derived from the nymph Daphne, 



beloved of Apollo, who was changed into this plant to escape his 



pursuit. 



well rejoice my soul to choose it. 1 3 



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