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C)tlcniuill ailtumnalc. Natural Order: Compositce — Aster FaiitUy. 



^'HIS plant is named for the celebrated Helen, a daughter of 

 Jupiter, who was so renowned for her beauty that she was 

 seized by Paris, son of Priam, and carried to Troy, thereb}- 

 causing the Trojan war. She is said to have "availed her- 

 self of its cosmetic properties." In medicine it is a tonic, 

 pioduces an insensible perspiration; and it is also made into 

 snufl foi medical use, which gives it the common name of Sneeze- 

 wDit It glows in low ground or moist places in fields and by-waj's, 

 w holh uncultn ated, having an herbaceous growth of from two to three 

 tLLt in height The plant blooms in August; the flowers are yellow. 



ifars. 



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TIIHAT gem hath dropp'd, and sparkles o'er 



The tear most sacred shed for others' pain, 



That starts at once — bright, pure — from pity's mine, 



Already polish'd by the hand divine. -Byron. 



O AISE it to heaven, when thine eye fills with tears. 



The bow of light; and from the invisible skies 

 Hopes glor\ 



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I LEST tears of soul-felt penitence! 

 benign, redeeming flow- 

 Is felt the first, the only sense 



Of guiltless jo}- that guilt may know! 



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ve through weeping eyes. 

 —Mrs. F. A. Butler. 



UT these are tears of joy! to see you thus, has fill'd 

 My eyes with more delight than they can hold. 



'yHANK God, bless God, all ye w^io sufter not 

 More grief than ye can weep for. That is well — 

 That is light grieving! lighter, none befell, 

 Since Adam forfeited the primal lot. 

 Tears! what are tears.' The babe weeps in its cot, 



The mother singing, — at her marriage-bell 

 The bride weeps, — and before the oracle 

 Of high-faned hills, the poet has forgot 

 Such moisture on his cheeks. 



— Elizabeth Barrett Broxvuittg. 



'T^HOU weep'st: O stop that shower of falling sorrows, 

 *■ Which melts me to the softness of a woman, 

 And shakes my best resolves. —Trap. 



