ladies’ names. 
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Signification . . A Messenger, an Angel. 
Emblem .Rose Campion. 
Sentiment .... Love’s Messengers. 
Mt sister dear! 
To thee kind wishes now we bring, 
Warm, gushing from affection’s spring; — 
Thy bridal day 
Has dawned, — O, wilt thou, sister, take 
An d keep it, fondly, for my sake, 
This sweet bouquet ? 
My sister dear! 
When thou art absent, far away, 
Will not the flowers of this bouquet 
• Bid sad thoughts come ? 
Of parted loved ones will it tell. 
And the blest spot ye love so well, 
Our early home ? 
Yes, sister dear! 
Though faded, —withered it may be, 
Full many a tale’t will tell to thee. 
Of happy hours; 
When in merry childish glee, 
We plucked the flowers beneath the tree 
' And called them ours. 
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