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The White Chrysanthemum. — ‘ Fidelity .’ 
Addressed to a Chrysanthemum which remained blooming in a 
bed of ice, long after the cold had shattered the vase which had 
enclosed it. 
Fair gift of Friendship! and her ever bright 
And faultless image! beautiful thou art, 
In thy pure loveliness, thy robes of white, 
Speaking a moral to the feeling heart; 
Unscathed by heats, by wintry blasts unmoved, 
Thy strength thus tested, and thy charms improved. 
Emblem of Innocence! which, fearless, braves 
Life’s drearest scenes, its rudest storm derides, 
And floats as calmly on o’er troubled waves, 
As where the peaceful streamlet smoothly glides,— 
Tliou'rt blooming now, as graceful and as fair 
As other blossoms do when spring is here. 
