DECEMBER 13 
White Rose (dried) . Death preferable to 
loss of innocence . 
Come back ! ye friendships long departed! 
That like o’erflowing streamlets started, 
And now are dwindled, one by one. 
To stony channels in tie sun! 
Come back ! ye friends, whose lives are ended, 
Come back, tvith all that light attended, 
Which seemed to darken and decay 
When ye arose and went away ! 
J.ONG FELLOW. 
~.... DECEMBER 14 --— 
Whortleberry . Treason. 
Treasure love, though ready 
Still to live without; 
In your fondest trust, keep 
Just one thread of doubt. 
Build on no to-morrow, 
Love has but to-day; 
If the links seem slackening 
Cut the bond away. 
Adelaide J’roctbr. 
—.-. DECEMBER 15 . 
Willow (Creeping) . 
.— Love forsaken. 
Lay a garland on my hearse 
Of the dismal yew; 
Maidens, willow branches bear; 
Say, I died true. 
My love was false, but I was firm 
From my hour of birth. 
Upon my buried body lie 
Lightly, gentle earth. 
^EAUJIONT AND J'leTCHER. 
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