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244 FAITHFULNESS. 
VIOLET, BLUE. 
Viola Odorata. 
Language FAITHFULNESS. 
Thy gentle eyes are not so bright 
As when I wooed thee first ; 
Yet still they have the same sweet light 
Which long my heart hath nursed ; 
They have the same enchanting beam 
Which charmed me in love's early dream ; 
And still with joy on me they stream, 
My beautiful, my wife ! j 
Faithful found ^ 
Among the faithless, faithful only he ; 
Among innumerable false, unmoved, 
Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified ; 
His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; 
Nor number, nor example with him wrought 
To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, , 
Though single. 
Milton's Fabadise Lost. 
I bless thee for the noble heart. 
The tender and the true, 
Where mine hath found the happiest rest 
That e'er fond woman knew ; 
I bless thee, faithful friend and guide, ^ 
For my own, my treasured share, '^ 
In the mournful secrets of thy soul. 
In thj sorrow and thy care. 
Mbs. Hemaxs. 
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