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LANGUAGE AND 
PHLOX.—WILD SWEET WILLIAM. 
Phlox maculta . Class 5; Order 1. 
A North American plant; perennial. Flowers purple, 
pink, lilac and white. 
UNANIMITY. 
Where’er thou goest, I will go 
Where’er thou diest, die; S 
Together in one humble grave 
Our slumbering dust shall lie. 
And I will love thy chosen friends— 
Thy people shall be mine ; 
And we will kneel to praise one God 
Before one common shrine. 
Our souls—ah ! what shall part our souls ? 
In ties of love entwined, 
They will defy the spells and chains 
That even death can bind. 
“ I like this flower, Sweet William ; on its leaf 
The smile the giver wore I see, 
And though that smile, so sweet, was passing brief, 
This simple flower can fix its memory.” 
