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Woodbine. 
(honeysuckle.) 
“Dew-sweet eglantine, 
And honeysuckle full of clear bee-wine.” 
The honeysuckle is a climbing plant having 
flowers of great fragrance. 
Friendship among- Brothers and Sisters. 
AAF friendship, that sweet and amiable virtue, were banished from every 
-F other heart, it ought still to be found among brothers and sisters. 
It would seem needless to recommend you to love your brothers and 
sisters; your heart is naturally turned to love and cherish those who have 
been nourished at the same breast with yourself, and with whom you have 
passed the first years of your life. How often you have played together; 
taken your meals together; and said your prayers together ! What agree¬ 
able recollections are awakened by this your lovely infancy! Yes, you 
ought to have but one heart, one desire, one and the same inclination to¬ 
wards good. 
The absence of your brothers and sisters should give you almost as 
much uneasiness as their presence affords you delight; and so long as you 
have the happiness of being with them., your days ought to be the most 
delightful. 
Religion, which approves and purifies every innocent friendship, 
obliges you in duty to love your brothers and sisters. 
Fraternal Love. 
Heart leaps to heart—the sacred flood 
That warms us is the same; 
That good old man—his honest blood— 
Alike we fondly claim. 
