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Floral Poetry. 
THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
V N Eastern lands they talk in flowers, 
A And tell in a garland their loves and cares; 
Each blossom that blooms in their garden bowers, 
On its leaves a mystic language bears. 
The Rose is a sign of joy and love, 
Young blushing love in its earliest dawn; 
And the mildness that suits the gentle dove, 
From the Myrtle’s snowy flower is drawn. 
Innocence shines in the Lily’s bell, 
Pure as the heart in its native heaven : 
Fame’s bright star and glory’s swell, 
By the glossy leaf of the Bay are given. 
The silent, soft, and humble heart 
In the Violet’s hidden sweetness breathes ; 
And the tender soul that cannot part, 
A twine of evergreen fondly wreathes. 
The Cypress that daily shades the grave, 
Is sorrow that mourns her bitter lot; 
And faith, that a thousand ills can brave, 
Speaks in thy blue leaves, Forget-me-not. 
Then gather a wreath from the garden bowers, 
And tell the wish of thy heart in flowers. 
Percival . 
