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Fuchsia. — ‘ Confiding Love! 
It is impossible to love long when there is a want of confidence. 
Respect for the character, and a firm reliance upon the principles, 
can alone insure the continuance of attachment. 
I offer thee no pledge! I ask for none 
To bind thy love in endless constancy; 
I only know, that what affection won, 
Will keep my heart still faithful unto thee! 
I ask thee not, when brighter eyes are near, 
And lips more lovely gently smile on thee, 
To turn unconscious from the young and fair, 
And give thine undivided thoughts to me. 
Free as the eaglet be thy spirit’s wing; 
Upward and onward its unwearied flight; 
No cloud, no fetter, would my proud heart bring 
To check its progress to the realms of light! 
