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^tvopa i3cllailCinua. Natural Order: Holaiiacciv — A'io-kts/iadc Family. 



ATE personified (not as one, but threefold) was described in 



ancient Greek mythology as three women with robes of 



^eimine, as white as snow, bordered around with purple. 



The first is named Clotho, the second, Lachesis, and the 



thud, Atropos (literally, not turning), because she is immuta- 



\o ble and unalterable. " To them is intrusted the manage- 



^- ment of the thread of life : for Clotho draws the thread between 



her fingers; Lachesis turns the wheel; and Atropos cuts the thread. 



That is, Clotho gives life and brings into the world, Lachesis deter- 



'% mines the fortunes that shall befal us here, and Atropos concludes 



our lives." The flower of this plant is of a pale purple, the berries 



of a glossy black, freely charged with a purple juice. The whole 



plant is poisonous, especially the berries. Fortunately it is not 



naturalized in the United States. 



pvEATH is the crown oflife: 



Were death denv'd, poor men would live in 

 Were death denv'd, to live would not be lite; 

 Were death denv'd, ev'n fools would wish to dii 



pvEATH 's but a path that must be trod, 

 '-' If man would ever pass to God. 



^HE bad man's death is horror; but the jus 

 -'■ Keeps something of his glory in his dust. 



'T^IIE world recedes; it dii 



Heav'n opens on my e 



With sounds seraphic ring. 



BREATHE in the face of a maiden, 

 I kiss the soft mouth of a rose; 

 t not that I hate them, but love them, 

 ' black wings are spread tbrth above then 



d Iheni my pinions e 

 them so well thai tin 



And 



I 

 Vet my heart with tl 



And sad with thei 



laden, 

 -Ellis. 



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