Did I not love him with the purest flame? 
And give up friends and fortune for his sake? . . Shaw. 
Love’s summer flower, how soon ee art decayed— 
Opening amid a paradise of swe 
Dying with withered leaves, sad sicaaeed stem ! 
Gone—and the trusting heart which thou hast made 
So green, so lovely, for thy dwelling place, 
Left to desolation!........ L#.L. 
It may be sport to win a heart, 
Then leave that heart to pine and die! . . . Westmacoitt. 
Young AND HAPPY. ries: thoughts have music in them, love 
nd happiness their them 
Around thee glows the purple ead of <i 
And friends bg a oks of anxiou 
Thy every step pursue. . . Com, Place “Book of Poetry. 
p And thou art very happy 
< mm) ay = FE For life’s sky is bright above thee, 
Y 6 & a. Affection’s smile is round thee, 
2 “y ir And all who know thee, love thee. ... J. G. Whittier. 
mes to thy path, bright creature! I would charm 
ery being if I could, that it ager be 
ay ees as now thou dreamest, and flow 
Thus innocent and beautiful to “ort Willis. 
O, would that the gush of se youthful heart 
Might linger in riper yea 
That i its simple spirit ear: a gang 
In the hour of grief and te . 2». KF. Mellen. 
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4 CLERODENDRON FOR- Fortune soMeTiMes Fa- ‘The star that rules your fate 
# UNATUM. VORS THE worTHY, - Hath reach’d its influence most benign— 
When every heart congratulates, 
And none more cordially, than mine 
Life’s book has one or two fair leaves— 
May it ne’er 
Oh! may thy life be ever bright 
As aught thine early dreams have framed, 
And not a shadow dim its light!........ 
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Desotation or ‘‘Changeful and faint rose her fair cheek’s hue, 
HEART. Tho’ clear as a flower which the light looks through,’’ 
Ah! there's a color on her cheek, 
And languor in her eye— 
It is some deeper, sadder oe 
That now is flitting by! 
