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48 SPIRITUAL BEAUTY. 
CHERRY BLOSSOM. 
Primus Ccrasus. 
Language SPIRITUAL BEAUTY. 
I've gazed on many. a brigliter face, 
But ne'er on one, for years, 
Where beauty left so soft a trace 
As it had left on hers. 
But who can paint the spell that wove 
A brightness round the whole ? 
'Twould take an angel from the skies 
To paint the immortal soul 
To trace the light, the inborn grace, 
The spirit sparkling o'er the face. 
Mks. Welby. 
'Tis not its binding fair. 
Though it show beauty rare ; 
'Tis not its cover rich, winneth me so ; 
Vainly the blush and smile 
Meet on thy cheek the while, 
Did not the light within equally glow ? 
Bright eyes will lose their ray, 
Roses will fade away ; 
But the fair spirit for death is too pure ; 
And like its cause in thee. 
Holy, and strong, and free : 
While thy soul lives, my passion will endure. 
Mes. Osgood. 
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