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ALWAYS CHEERFUL. 
COREOPSIS. 
Coreopsis Tinctona. 
Lang uage — ALWAYS CHEERFUL. 
I asked the flowers, in the soft spring time, 
Wherefore they smiled in their youthful prime, 
When the stormy days so soon should come 
That would blight forever their beauty and bloom; 
And the sweet flowers answered, “ Each day renews 
On our leaves the sunshine that dries the dews: 
Why should we not smile? Till now we have thriven, 
And the sunshine and dew are both from heaven ! ” 
M. A. Browne. 
Life, believe, is not a dream 
So dark as sages say ; 
Oft a little morning rain 
Foretells a pleasant day. 
Sometimes there are clouds of gloom, 
But these are transient all ; 
If the shower will make the roses bloom, 
O, why lament its fall ? 
Rapidly, merrily, 
Life’s sunny hours flit by, 
Gratefully, cheerily; 
Enjoy them as they fly. 
Cuerke Bell. 
