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Lady's Slipper.... Capricious Beauty. 
The Lady's Slipper is well known in Europe and 
America. The plant is small, but produces a con¬ 
siderable number of flowers, of variegated hues. This 
flower is made the emblem of capricious beauty, because 
she seems, 
•With her changeful hues, 
As she were doubtful which array to choose. 
I saw thee in the gay saloon 
Of Fashion’s glittering mart, 
Where Mammon buys what Love deplores, 
Where Nature yields to Art; 
And thou wert so unlike the herd 
My kindling heart despised, 
I could not choose but yield that heart, 
Though Love were sacrificed. 
The smile which hung upon thy lips, 
In transport with their tone, 
The music of thy thoughts, which breathed 
A magic theirs alone! 
The looks which spake a soul so pure, 
So innocent and gay, 
Have passed, like other golden hopes 
Of happiness, away. 
Dawes. 
