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When set; and music from the broken shrine 
Breathes, it is said, around whose altar-stone 
His flower the votary has ceased to twine:— 
Types of the beauty that, when youth is gone, 
Breathes from the soul whose brightness mocks decline 
George Hill. 
Rudely thou wrongest my deare heart’s desire, 
In finding fault with her too portly pride; 
The thing which I do most in her admire, 
Is of the world unworthy most envied. 
For in those lofty looks is close implied 
Scorn of base things,—disdain of foul dishonour, 
Threatening rash eyes which gaze on her so wide 
That loosely they ne dare to look upon her! 
Spenser. 
Jasmine ... .Amiability. 
The Jasmine is a happy emblem of an amiable dis¬ 
position. In all situations, it suffers the gardener to 
train its slender branches intQ any form he chooses: 
most commonly forming a living tapestry for arbours 
and garden walls, and everywhere throwing out a pro- , 
fusion of delicate and charming flowers, which perfume 
the air. The poets have showered their praise upon 
this plant, and all unite in considering it the em¬ 
blem of the winsome quality of amiability. After pay¬ 
ing a glowing tribute to the beauty and sweetness of 
the Violet, Thomas Miller, the “basket-maker” poet, 
thus speaks of the Jasmine:— 
