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The Crimson Rose. — 4 Beauty and Love! 
The Crimson Eose has ever been called ‘ the most beautiful of 
Flowers,’ ‘ the Garden Queen,’ &c., and so highly is it valued in 
Oiiental Nations, that it has been the foundation of numerous fanci¬ 
ful legends and romances among their imaginative inhabitants. 
The modest Rose, 
Where’er it grows, 
A perfume round it flings; 
Love’s chosen flower, 
To Beauty’s bower 
An added grace it brings; 
And he who wins its gentle charms, 
Should place them near his heart, 
Lest midst the shock of life’s alarms, 
Its blushes may depart. 
