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2utgttst 24. 
DAHLIA. — Elegance and Dignity. 
Her youthful form was such an one as painters love 
to trace, 
With glossy hair and dark deep eyes, and motions 
full of grace. 
And brightly flashed the glittering gems amid her 
raven hair, 
■While oriental pearls were twined around her arms 
so fair. 
But whiter shone her polished teeth than pearl or 
flashing gems, 
And brighter beamed her sparkling eye than costly 
diadems. W. H. C. 
&ugnst 25. 
SWEET FLAG. — Fitness. 
0 ! sweet as music’s silvery tones, 
Borne in the moonlight o’er a summer sea, 
Or spirit- voices to the parting soul, 
Are kindly words to those, earth’s stricken ones, 
Who suffer and are sad. Tears shed 
For them and human misery, the angels bear 
To heaven to gem their starry crowns ! 
D. H. Jaques. 
