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GENTILITY. 
GERANIUM. 
Pelargonium. 
Language — GENTILITY. 
Harshly falls 
The doom upon the ear — “ She’s not genteel! ” 
And pitiless is woman who doth keep 
Of “ good society ” the golden key ! 
And gentlemen are bound, as are the stars, 
To stoop not after rising. 
Willis. 
But nature, with a matchless hand, sends forth her nobly 
born, 
And laughs the paltry attributes of rank and wealth to 
scorn ; 
She moulds with care a spirit rare, half human, half 
divine, 
And cries, exulting, “ Who can make a gentleman like 
mine ? ” 
There are some spirits nobly just, unwarped by pelf or 
pride, 
Great in the calm, and greater still when dashed by ad¬ 
verse tide; t 
They hold the rank no king can give, no station can 
disgrace ; 
Nature puts forth her gentleman, and monarchs must 
give place. 
E. Cook. 
