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BIRTH- DAY FLOWERS. 
When fast you see around you fall 
The Summer’s leafy pride, 
And mark the river hurrying on 
Its ne’er returning tide ; 
Then may you feel in pensive mood 
That life’s a Summer dream, 
And man, at last, forgotten falls— 
A leaf upon the stream. 
Anon. 
P\ 0 whisper to the gentle one 
^ All that our hearts would say. 
Ye emblems of the fondest hopes 
That crown her life to-day ! 
Tell her, pale Lily, as thy leaves 
Benign protection yield, 
So would our love around her cast 
A broad and silent shield. 
Breathe prophecies of happy years, 
Thou sweet and blushing Rose- 
Years fragrant with as pure delight 
As from the chalice flows. 
