ladies' names. 17 
Signification . . A Messenger, an Angel. 
Emblem Rose Campion. 
Sentiment .... Love’s Messengers. 
My sister dear ! 
To thee kind wishes now we bring, 
Warm, gushing from affection's spring ; — 
Thy bridal day 
Has dawned, — O, wilt thou, sister, take 
And keep it, fondly, for my sake, 
This sweet bouquet ? 
My sister dear ! 
When thou art absent, far away, 
Will not the flowers of this bouquet 
Bid sad thoughts come ? 
Of parted loved ones will it tell, 
And the blest spot ye love so well, 
Our early home ? 
Yes, sister dear ! 
Though faded, — withered it may be, 
Full many a tale 't will tell to thee, 
Of happy hours ; 
When in merry childish glee, 
We plucked the flowers beneath the tree 
And called them ours. 
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