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the poetry of flowers 
the jasmine-flower, appears like an emerald set in coral. It is 
: sometimes so tame or fearless that it may be taken with the 
hand. This little being is the soul and the life of the plant 
' that cherishes it. 
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Oh! the pet and the darling of nature — whose plume, 
Through the woods, like a sunbeam, doth playfully dart — 
: The humming-bird ! bathing in dew and perfume, 
That hide in the crimson jasmine’s heart, 
While he blends, with the blossom, his own rich bloom, 
| Till you hardly can tell them apart. 
F. S. 0. 
SILENCE. 
WHITE ROSE. 
The god of silence was represented under the form of a 
young man, with one finger placed on his lips, and holding a 
white rose in the other hand. We are told that Love gave him 
this rose to secure his favour. The ancients sculptured a rose 
over the doors of their festive halls, to interdict the guests from 
repeating anvthing - that was spoken. Byron has rendered it 
sacred to the silence of the tomb. In the “ Bride of Abydos, 
he says, that, o’er the tomb of Zuleika — 
A single Tose is shedding 
Its lovely lustre, meek and pale ; 
It looks as planted by despair — 
So white, so faint, the slightest gale 
Might whirl the leaves on high. 
