Cypress. 
Taxodium distpclhum. Natura Orver: Conifere—Pine Family. ' 
on (ae HE scepter of Jupiter is said to have been made from the 
* wood of this tree, being symbolical of the eternity of his 
| as the wood is almost imperishable. It is one of the 
| largest trees of the forest, having light green, open foliage, 
resembling the yew. ‘There are large swamps of it in the 
Southern States. The timber is light and durable. It is 
aia that the Athenian heroes and mummies of Egypt were deposited 
in coffins made of it, and the Romans and all succeeding nations 
have associated it with mourning and graveyards. Shakespeare and 
. innumerable other poets have immortalized its emblematic meaning. 
Sorrow, 
E of comfort, and your heavy sorrow 
Part equally among us; storms divided, . 
Abate their force, and with less rage, are guided. ‘ 
—Heywood, 
HY dost thou come to me, sorrow? H! weary years, ye have crushed my hopes, 
Why dost thou darken my soul? The altar fire burns dim and low; 
Why dost thou point to a morrow In sorrow’s night my spirit gropes, 
Engraven on destiny’s scroll? Her smiting shadow on my brow. 
—O. G. Hughan. —Edith Malcolm. 
FTER singing, silence; after roses, thorns; 
All the blackest midnights built o’er golden morns; 
After flowering, fading; bitter after sweet; 
Yellow, withered stubble, after waving wheat. 
—Howard Glyndon, 
N my bosom sorrow reigneth, O there are, amid earth’s pleasures, 
Soul and sense are sick with care; Hours of bitter gloom and grief; 
Bitterly my heart complaineth, When her dearest worldly treasures 
At the load it needs to bear. Bring us, sorrowing, no relief. 
—P. W. Russell. 
NARLING sorrow hath less power to bite 
The man that mocks at it, and sets it light. 
—Shakespeare. 
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