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Jfmtia. 
Signification . . Youthful. 
Emblem Damask Rose. 
Sentiment .... Bashful love. 
I’ll tell thee a story, friend, 
Here under this shady tree ; 
If thou’lt keep it close in thy faithful breast, 
I’ll whisper the whole to thee. 
I had a lover once, 
In my early sunny hours ; 
A fair and fanciful youth was he, 
And he told his love in flowers. 
I remember its waking sigh ; — 
We roamed in a verdant spot, 
And he culled for me a cluster bright 
Of the purple “ Forget-me-not.” 
But I was a giddy girl, 
So I tossed it soon away, 
Gathering the dandelion buds, 
And the wild grapes’ gadding spray. 
