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The only acclimatised representative of this genus 
which we possess is the acacia of our shrubberies; but 
even this elegant specimen can convey but a faint 
idea of the beauty which large groves of these plants 
present, especially when they appear, as in Egypt, 
amongst apparently interminable deserts of burning- 
sand. 
Nay, little trembler, shrink not thus 
As though a foe were nigh; 
I would not harm thy smallest leaf, 
Then let thy terrors fly. 
Alas ! ’mongst human kind there be 
Hearts sensitive as thou; 
Who hear in every tone reproof, 
See frowns on every brow. 
Oh ! may I ne’er such dark distrust 
With needful caution blend, 
But rather view, till else I’ve proved, 
Each stranger as a friend. 
