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THE FLORAL SIFT. 
NARCISSUS. 
Narcissus Poeticus ,—Class 6, Order 1. 
A beautiful white flower, connected with heathen mytho¬ 
logy.—South of Europe. 
UNCERTAINTY. 
Ask me not, love, what may be in my heart, 
As gazing on thee, sudden tear-drops start; 
When only joy should come where’er thou art. 
The human heart is compassed with fears; 
And joy is tremulous, for it enspheres 
An earth-born star, which melts away in tears. 
I am too happy for a careless mirth— 
Hence anxious thoughts, and sorrowful, have 
birth: 
Who looks from heaven is half-returned to 
earth. 
Hence do I tremble in my happiness; 
Hurried and dim the unknown hours press : 
I question oi a past, I dare not guess. 
L. E. Landon, 
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