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Man 21. 
WEEPING WILLOW. — Mourning. 
Marvel no more, although 
The songs I sing do moan; 
For other life than wo, 
I never proved none. Wyat. 1525. 
Man 22. 
WILLOW. — Celibacy. 
Like a cage without a bird, 
Or a thing too long deferred; 
Like the gold was never tried, 
Or the ground unoccupied; 
Like a house that’s not possessed, 
Or a book was never pressed — 
So are you it may be said, 
If you die, an ancient maid. Beaumont. 
Ilian 23. 
WATER LILY. — Purity of Heart. 
She dwells amid the world’s dark ways, 
Pure as in childhood’s hours ; 
And all her thoughts are poetry, 
And all her words are flowers. 
Mrs. M. E. Hewitt. 
