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"We found the bright Amaryllis ; — 

 The little Wandering Jew, — 



The Fuchsia ; — Lemon Verbena ; — 

 And even Plumbago too ! 



We found : — Yes the Garden Eden 

 With flowers so rich and rare ! 



And the serpent fierce and brilliant 

 Just crawling out from his lair. 



The Trees here bended in richness, 

 The Apple, Pear, Fig-tree, too, 



The Vine* with its heavy clusters 

 In this Eden even grew. 



And here too the Uiker Lily 

 For Adam and Eve to thread ; 



And plants from even the tropics 



Their sweetness and grace here shed. 



Let us view this garden over, 

 And peep just behind the fall ; 



Here flowers in all their richness 



Were clustered both great and small. 



This rock had been rent asunder 

 And close'd with curious seam. 



And trickling down from its summit 

 A bright little stream was seen. 



The Happy Thought was here peeping ; 



The Daisy, on banks of green. 

 And nearly every blossom 



Of our climate here was seen ! 



We cannot tell you of each one 

 That in tins fair Eden grew, 



But hope in its taste and grandeur 

 That you may have seen it too. 



*"I am the vine.' 



