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THE FLORAL OIFT. 
EVERLASTING. 
Onaphalium ,—Class 19, Order 2. 
Dry pearly-beaded, blossoming plants, growing wild in the 
fields ; flowers unfading. 
I THINK OF THEE. 
I think of thee, when evening’s ray 
Is glancing o’er the sea, 
When gentle twilight shadows play 
On mountain, vale, and tree. 
That sweet fair form and cheek of rose, 
Those lips with fragrance wet; 
All, all thy joyous youth disclose— 
Maiden, I see thee yet. 
I think of thee, when moonbeams rest, 
Upon each hill and stream, 
When wild deep thoughts within my breast 
Of fame and glory dream : 
Thy form is near me in each flight 
That hope and thought pursue ; 
For what were fame and glory bright 
Unless thou shar’dst them too. 
