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LEXICON OF 
Signification . . A Yiolet. 
Emblem Sweet Brier. 
Sentiment .... Simplicity. 
On ! fairest of the rural maids, 
Thy birth was in the forest shades ; 
Green boughs and glimpses of the sky 
Were all that met thy infant eye. 
Thy sports, thy wanderings, when a child, 
Were ever in the sylvan wild. 
And all the beauty of the place 
Is in thy heart and on thy face. 
The twilight of the trees and rocks 
Is in the light shade of thy locks ; 
Thy step is as the wind that weaves 
Its playful way among the leaves. 
Thy eyes are springs, in whose serene 
And silent waters heaven is seen ; 
Their lashes are the herbs that look 
On their young figures in the brook. 
The forest depths, by foot unpressed, 
Are not more sinless than thy breast ; 
The holy peace that fills the air 
Of those calm solitudes is there. 
Bryant. 
