THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND 
Beneneence, 
Potatoe. 
" rhe poor man’s bread, the rich man’s luxury,” 
We liken well beneficence to thee. 
Dittany 
OITLG, 
i he gaseous vapour which thy flowers exhale, 
Ignited, burns with momentary splendour, 
Then sinks in darkness. Such is human life, 
A swift consuming flame,—a birth, a death. 
.biacimess, Ebon3 r . 
" Night’s ebon throne—looked black as ebony,’ 
Such is the poet’s frequent simile ; 
Who can dispute such high authority? 
.biuntness or Kougimess, ; Borage. 
Men may be blunt, and yet be honest, too,— 
Rough as thy hairy stem. Though Pope hath said, 
“ Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods 
do.” 
We’ll take the truths, though bluntly uttered. 
Blushes, 
Marjoram. 
red-tinged leaves like 
Sweet Marjoram, with red-tinged 
blushes. 
Scattered amid the hill-side bushes. 
Boaster, 
Hy dr anger. 
\\ ith blossoms like a boaster’s promises, 
Profuse aud most magnificent, we look 
For fruitage in due season, but in vain. 
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