The Floral Oracle. 
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m a position where it may readily be found in the dnrV- fb 
aaSftVaiSS 
porch until the hour has struck: then’s frilnT'™*™ “ th f 
rnn 7 •a keness ’ walkin g with ‘hat of her future husband Is 
many bridesmen and maidens as she sees following the bridal 
wrfdincr ma if y sh^ 0n l d WiI ‘ el3pSe before the horeshadovred 
wedding. If she is to die unmarried, then the exceeded 
In a fiction attributed to Hannah More it is related tW 
among other superstitious practices of a certain q nr that > 
“ she would never go to hj 
Th^ pK ^»W h to and'the 
I hP rncfir* moM —l_i . .. _ 
The rustic maid invokes her swain, 
And hads, to pensive damsels dear, 
ihis eve, though direst of the year. 
***** 
“ Oft on the shrub she casts her eye 
That spoke her true-love’s secret sigh, 
Ur else, alas I too plainly told 
Her true-love’s faithless heart was cold. 
L was com. 
one “jL&^r , iS&“oS«^ 1 *^ a, 5 1I , ; < ? 
»d byaTl P peop n ies alterati01,S “ eVe ‘ y C0 ™‘T ofthe globe. 
