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Wax Myrtle. — ‘ I will give you advice: 
The following lines were addressed to a beautiful little girl of 
two years old, but may contain a lesson for others of her sex, who 
have numbered more hours than Virginia. 
Those eyes which are darting such bright glances 
now, 
Shedding gladness and light ever fondly around 
thee, 
Reveal, while young Pleasure laughs forth from thy 
brow, 
How surely the Spirit of Beauty hath crowned 
thee! 
But, sweet one 1 beware, 
There’s a shadow of care, 
Obscuring those quick, vivid flashes; 
And Feeling's deep spell 
In each beam seems to dwell, 
Unconcealed by thy soft silken lashes! 
