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PREFERENCE. 
GERANIUM, ROSE. 
Pelargonium Capitatum. 
Language PREFERENCE. 
Hp: says he loves my daughter ; 
I think so too ; for never gazed the moon 
Upon the water, as he'll stand and read, 
As 'twere my daughter's eyes : and to be plain, 
I think there is not half a kiss to choose, 
Who loves another best. 
SlIAKSPEAKE. 
Thy choice, gentle maiden ! 
'Tis thine, thine alone : 
The leaflet dew laden, 
The sun-illumed stone ! 
The one is the offer 
Of power and pride. 
With gold in his coffer. 
And gems for his bride. 

The other, a token 
From passion and truth, 
The pure and unbroken, 
The love of thy youth. 
She falters though cruel, 
^ The struggle is brief 
She clasps not the jewel 
The tear-laden leaf. 
Mrs. Osgood. 
