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LEXICON OF 
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Signification . . Of High Birth. 
Emblem Rose Acacia. 
Sentiment .... Elegance. 
No, never since the fatal time 
When the world fell for woman’s crime, 
Has heaven, in tender mercy sent — 
All pre-ordaining, all foreseeing — 
A breath of purity that lent 
Existence to so fair a being ! 
Whatever earth can boast of rare, 
Of precious and of good, — 
Gaze on her form ; ’tis mingled there, 
With added grace endued. 
Why, why is she so much above 
All others whom I might behold ? 
Whom I, unblamed, might dare to love — 
To whom my sorrows might be told ? 
Written in 12th century. 
