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SENSITIVENESS. 
* SENSITIVE PLANT. 
Mimosa. 
Language — SENSITIVENESS. 
Like the mimosa, shrinking from 
The blight of some familiar finger —— 
Like flowers which but in secret bloom, 
Where aje the sheltered shadows linger, 
.And which beneath the noon’s hot ray 
Wpuld fold their leaves and fade away. 
Whittier. 
Faithful and fond, with sense beyond thy years, 
And natural piety that leans to heaven ; 
Wrung by a harsh word suddenly to tears, 
Yet patient of rebuke when justly given ; 
Obedient, easy to be reconciled, 
And meekly cheerful, — such art thou, dear child! 
Mrs. Norton. 
Dearly bought, the hidden treasure 
Finer feelings can bestow ; 
Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure 
Thrill the deepest notes of woe. 
Burns, 
The frigid and unfeeling thrive the best; 
And a warm heart in this cold world is like 
A beacon light, wasting its feeble flame 
Upon the wintry deep, that feels it not, 
And trembling, with each pitiless gust that blows, 
Till its faint fire is spent. 
H. Neale. 
