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WILD FLOWERS. 
The Evening Primrose. 
Pale Primrose! lingering for the evening star 
To bless thee with its beam, like some fair child, 
Who, ere he rests on Morpheus’ downy car, 
Doth wait his mother’s blessing, pure and mild, 
To hallow his gay dream. His red lips breathe 
The prompted prayer, fast by that parent’s knee, 
Even as thou rearest thy sweetly fragrant wreath 
To matron Evening, while she smiles on thee. 
Go*to thy rest, pale flower! The star hath shed 
His benison upon thy bosom fair, 
The dews of summer bathe thy pensive head, 
And weary man forgets his daily care: 
Sleep on, my rose! till morning gilds the sky, 
And bright Aurora’s kiss unseals thy trembling eye. 
