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THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
Everflowering Candy¬ 
tuft . 
Evergreen Clematis 
Evergreen Thorn ... 
Everlasting. 
Everlasting Pea ... 
Indifference. 
Poverty. 
Solace in adversity. 
Never-ceasing remem¬ 
brance. 
Lasting pleasure. 
Young Love, rambling through the wood, 
Found me in my solitude, 
Bright with dew and freshly blown, 
And trembling to the zephyr’s sighs ; 
But, as he stooped to gaze upon 
The living gem with raptured eyes, 
It chanced a bee was busy there, 
Searching for its fragrant fare ; 
And Cupid, stooping too to sip, 
The angry insect stung his lip ; 
And, gushing from the ambrosial cell, 
One bright drop on my bosom fell. 
Weeping, to his mother he 
Told the tale of treachery; 
And she, her vengeful boy to please, 
Strung his bow with captive bees, 
But placed upon my slender stem 
The poisoned stings she plucked from them: 
And none, since that eventful morn, 
Have found the flower without a thorn. 
Legend of the Rose. 
