IMMORTALITY. 
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AMARANTH. 
Amaranthus. 
Language — IMMORTALITY. 
With solemn adoration down they cast 
Their crowns, inwove with amaranth and gold ; 
Immortal amaranth, a flower which once 
In paradise, fast by the tree of life, 
Began to bloom ; but soon, for man’s offence, 
To heaven removed; where first it grew, there grows, 
And flowers aloft, shading the tree of life. 
Milton. 
O, listen, man! 
A voice within us speaks that startling word — 
“ Alan, thou shalt never die! ” Celestial voices 
Hymn it unto our souls ; according harps, 
By angel fingers touched, when the mild stars 
Of morning sang together, sound forth still 
The song of one great immortality. 
Dana. 
Love, which proclaims thee human, bids thee know 
A truth more lofty in thy lowliest hour 
Than shallow glory taught to human power — 
“ What’s human is immortal f ” 
Bplweb. 
