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68 POETRY. 
EGLANTINE, OR SWEETBRIER. 
Rosa rubiginosa. 
Language POETRY. 
Never did poesy appear 
So full of heaven to me, as when 
I saw how it would pierce through pride and fear, 
To the lives of coarsest men ! 
I thought, these men will carry hence 
Promptings, their former life above, 
And something of a finer reverence 
For beauty, truth, and love. 
J. R. Lowell. 
The land of song within thee lies. 
Watered by living springs ; 
The lids of Fancy's sleepless eyes 
Are gates unto that paradise ; 
Holy thoughts, like stars, arise ; 
Its clouds are angels' wings. 
Look, then, into thy heart, and write ; 
Yes, into life's deep stream : 
All forms of sorrow and delight, 
All solemn voices of the night. 
These can soothe thee, or affright : 
Be these henceforth thy theme. 
LOXGFBLLOW. 
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