Signification . . Shadow. 
Emblem Nightshade. 
Sentiment .... Dark Thoughts. 
LADIES NAMES 
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They are mockery all — those skies, those skies, 
Their untroubled depths of blue ; 
They are mockery all — these eyes, these eyes 
Which seem so warm and true, — 
Each tranquil star in the one that lies, 
Each meteor glance that at random flies 
The other’s lashes through. 
They are mockery all — these flowers of spring, 
Which her airs so softly woo ; 
And the love to which we would madly cling, 
Ay ! it is mockery too ! 
The winds are false which the perfume stir ; 
And the looks deceive to which we sue ; 
And love but leads to the sepulchre, 
Which the flowers spring to strew. 
Hoffman. 
