AND FLOWERS OF POETRY. 
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While in the depths of azure fire, that gleamed 
Beneath the drooping lashes, slept a world 
Of eloquent meaning—passionate but pure, 
Dreamy, subdued, but oh ! how beautiful! 
F. S. 0. 
CALUMNY. 
MADDER. 
A scarlet dye is produced from madder, and is of very com¬ 
mon use among dyers. When sheep have browsed on this 
plant their teeth appear stained, as if in the blood of some 
victim. The vile calumniator often takes advantage of dubious 
appearances to cast a stigma upon innocence itself. It has been 
observed that the bones of all animals feeding upon it become 
red, the hardest parts changing first, until the whole substance 
is coloured. 
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Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow 
Thou shalt not escape calumny ! 
Shaksfeare. 
CHASTITY. 
ORANGE FLOWER. 
It is the custom in France, for the newly-married to wear a 
head-dress of orange flowers. Formerly a dishonoured girl 
was deprived of this ornament on her wedding-day; and this 
usage still exists in the neighbourhood of Paris. 
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