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LEXICON OF 
Jfortmae, Jfoiiensia. 
Signification . . Female Gardener. 
Emblem . . 
Sentiment . 
China Aster. 
Love of Variety. 
“ Not all the beauties of this joyous earth, — 
Its smiling valleys, or its azure sky, 
Or the sweet blossoms that in quiet mirth 
Turn their soft cheeks to winds that wander by, — 
Can please enough the ear, or satisfy the eye. 
The warbling fountain, with its silver shower, 
The curling waves dissolving on the shore, 
The clouds that feed with dew each infant flower, 
The small stream’s gentle song, the ocean’s roar, 
All give the mind delight, and yet it pants for more. 
The world is not our home, and thus our eye 
Is ever reaching upward, — like the dove 
That seeks a nest beneath a summer’s sky, 
So we, amid earth’s beauty, gaze above, 
And yearn to gain a sphere of holier joy and love.” 
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