POETRY OF FLOWERS. 
1CI 
MIGNONETTE. 
Reseda, odorata .... Class II; Order 3. 
Flowers very fragrant. Color greenirh wjte, with 
yellow stamens. 
YOUR QUALITIES SURPASS YOUR CHARMS. 
Beauty consists not in the sparkling eye. 
The damask cheek and lip, or forehead high 
Not in the graceful form, or glistening hair 
Or melody of voice ! Oh no ! not there ;— 
But in the soul, which every glance displays 
Basking for ever in affection’s rays— 
Speaking in love’s soft tones, with sunlight smile, 
Which can an aching heart from woe beguile! 
It dwelleth there in majesty supreme, 
Sweeter than music’s voice, or seraph’s dream ! 
Miss H. J. Woodman. 
The Mignonette , the “little darling” of the 
French, has an extremely appropriate significa¬ 
tion, viz., your qualities surpass your charms ; 
but as it is very dubious as to how many of 
Eve’s fair daughters would now-a-days care to 
have so double-faced a compliment paid them, 
it behooves all young would-be Benedicts to be 
wary how, and to whom, they present the 
fiowerling. 
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