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THE FLORAL GIFT. 
ASPEN. i 
Populus Trem.uloid.es —Class 22, Order 8. 
A small American tree, whose leaves have such long stems 
that they are easily moved hy’the slightest wind. 
LAMENTATION. 
There was a church-yard, and an open grave, 
Which a small band of thoughtful villagers 
Gather’d around, dressing more near its brink 
A slender boy, of some few summers l stood, 
Sole mourner for the dead,—his watchful eye } 
Fixed on the coffin.—When they let it down 
Into the darksome pit, and the coarse earth " 
From the grave-digger’s shovel falling, gave 
A hollow sound, there rose such bitter wail, 
Prolonged and deep, as I had never heard 
, Come from a child. Then he, who gave with 
prayers 
The body to the dust, when the last rite 
Was finished, turned with Sympathizing look 
And said “ Poor boy your mother will not 
sleep » 
In this cold, bed forever.” 
Mrs. Sigourney. 
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