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SYLVAN SKETCHES. 



Mr. Keats expressly contrasts the blossom of the Cassia 

 with that of the Laburnum : 



" Where the dark-leaved laburnum's drooping clusters 

 Reflect athwart the stream their yellow lustres ; 

 And, intertwined, the Cassia's arms unite 

 With its own drooping buds^ but very white." 



Keats's Early Poems, p. 55. 



