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5laV0Limm Mstgcljum. Natural Oi?der: Coniferce—Pine Family. 
HE scepter of Jupiter is said to have been made from the 
wood of this tree, being symbolical of the eternity of his 
empire, as the wood is almost imperishable. It is one of the 
largest trees of the forest, having light green, open foliage, 
resembling the yew. There are large swamps of it in the 
Southern States. The timber is light and durable. It is 
said that the Athenian heroes and mummies of Egypt were deposited 
in coffins made of it, and the Romans and all succeeding nations 
have associated it with mourning and graveyards. Shakespeare and 
innumerable other poets have immortalized its emblematic meaning. 
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TYE of comfort, and your heavy sorrow 
Part equally among us; storms divided, 
Abate their force, and with less rage, are guided. 
— Heyvjood. 
T1THY dost thou come to me, sorrow? 
* * Why dost thou darken my soul ? 
Why dost thou point to a morrow 
Engraven on destiny’s scroll? 
— O. G. I high an. 
/"AH! weary years, ye have crushed my hopes, 
The altar fire burns dim and low; 
In sorrow’s night my spirit gropes, 
Her smiting shadow on my brow. 
— Edith Malcolm. 
AFTER singing, silence; after roses, thorns; 
1 All the blackest midnights built o’er golden morns; 
After flowering, fading; bitter after sweet; 
Yellow, withered stubble, after waving wheat. 
— Howard Glyndon. 
IN my bosom sorrow reigneth, 
1 Soul and sense are sick with care; 
Bitterly my heart complaineth, 
At the load it needs to bear. 
O there are, amid earth’s pleasures, 
Hours of bitter gloom and grief; 
When her dearest worldly treasures 
Bring us, sorrowing, no relief. 
— P. W. Russell. 
/"'NARLING sorrow hath less power to bite 
The man that mocks at it, and sets it light. 
— Shakespeare. 
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