RETURN, SICILIAN MUSE, 
AND CALL THE VALES, AND BID THEM HITHER CAST 
THEIR BELLS, AND FLOWERS OF A THOUSAND HUES. . . Milton's Lycidas. 
FROM FLOWERS WHICH WE TWINE FOR THE TEMPLE OF LOVE 
LOVE ITSELF MAY INSTRUCTION RECEIVE. 
COME, MAKE UP A NOSEGAY 
FOR HER WHOSE LOVE YOU PRIZE, 
CHOOSE WHAT YOU WILL; HERE ARE ENOUGH,:-— 
WILD BLOOMS, AND GARDEN FLOWERS Anonymous. 
FROM GIANT OAKS, THAT WAVE THEIR BRANCHES DARK, 
TO THE DWARF MOSS, THAT CLINGS UPON THEIR BARK..... Darwin. 
WHAT TENDER Peebithe, BENEATH 
OWERS ARE 
ACACIA, Rosz. - Frrenpsur. ~— If I do vow a friendship, I’ll perform it... .. . Shaks. 
ROBINIA HISPIDA. Angels from friendship ape half their j ot 
i Heaven gives us friends to bless the present 
Friendship! thou soft ih che power! 
Sweet regent of the social hour! 
ape thy joys, nor understood, 
But by the virtuous and the o epodl. ..... Cotton, 
A friend, but what has found a friend in beset: 
ae like the purchase, few the price will pay 
this makes friends such miracles sib .. Young. 
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, x 
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel. . . Shaks, 
Old friends, like old swords, are trusted best. . Webster. 
Be good and friendly still, and oft return... . Milton. 
ANSWER. 
for your flower: 
It tells me of a heart, 
Allied by friendship’s living tie; 
A prize beyond the herald’s art 
Our soul-sprung consanguinity 
