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August 21. 
CUCKOO PLANT. — Ardor. 
Be thou thankful, and rejoice in 
All the beauty God has given ; 
But beware it does not win thee 
From the work ordained of heaven. 
Rev. T. B. Thayer. 
August 22. 
BUNCH OF CURRANTS. — You please all. 
Bring, Flora, bring thy treasures here, 
The pride of all the blooming year ; 
And let me thence, a garland frame 
To crown this fair, this peerless dame. 
Shenstone. 
August 23. 
DAFFODIL. — Contentment. 
How much more happy is that sweet estate, 
That neither creeps too low nor soars too high ; 
Which yields no matter for contempt or hate, 
Which others not disdain, nor yet envy, 
Which neither does nor takes an injury, 
But living to itself in sweet content, 
Is neither abject, nor yet insolent. 
1629. Herbert. 
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