Chickhweed, 
Stellaria media. Natura Orver: Caryophyllacea — Pink Family. 
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external inflammation, by being moistened and applied warm. 
Star of my Eristency. 
HAVE sought the intensest ways to best adore you, 
I have lain my soul’s last treasure at your feet; 
Yet I tremble as in thought I bend before you, 
With abasement and abashment and defeat, 
Knowing well that all the love I ever bore you 
Is requital weak of worth and incomplete! 
—Edgar Fawcett. 
lines seen grand ladies plumed and silked, HERE ever is a form, a face, 
But not a sweeter maiden — Of maiden beauty in my dreams, 
But not a sweeter, fresher maid Speeding before me like the race 
Than this in homely cotton, To ocean of the mountain streams— 
Whose pleasant face and silky braid With dancing hair, and laughing eyes, 
I have not yet forgotten. That seem to mock me as it flies. 
—Christina Georgina Rossetti. — Halleck. 
Y spirit bows before a nameless shrine, 
Seeking to offer there 
The heart’s devotion to some nymph divine 
As pure and true as fair. 
—W. F. Langey. 
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‘found generally in moist, shady places. It is a small, delicate, 
'grain-like herb. The leaves are oval, the stem round and 
jointed, and rather procumbent. The flowers are small, 
» white and star-like, whence its botanical name.. At night the 
leaves, in pairs, close around the young stems. Birds are 
very fond of picking at the seeds, as well as the green leaves, espe- 
cially canaries, giving rise to its popular name, Chickweed. The 
‘® them desirable for consumptives. They are also useful to allay 
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