TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS 
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Reconciliation, Filberl 
They cling together, like friends reconciled. 
Who trladiy crack them in their conversation 
Pleasant it is, when anger thus beguiled, 
Dies in the arms of reconciliation. 
Refusal, Carnation, 
The varied pink “ with hues on hues,** 
Sweet maiden, taue this flower! 
Nay, if thou wilt the gift refuse, 
Hope hath no longer power. 
Religious 
Enthusiasm, 
( rosR of Jerusalem! whence comes the name ? 
Why ait thou dear to Catholics and fame ? 
Because the mad enthusiast first brought 
Me from the Holy Land, where Christians fought 
For that religion, which, if understood, 
Had ever kept their hands from shedding blood. 
Lychni; 
Passion 
Flower, 
Superstition, 
The superstitious devotee 
beholds the crown of thorns in thee 
The cross, the nails; and weeps to s< 
The dreadful scene at Calvary. 
Remorse, Bramble, 
'Hie thorny Bramble, emblem of remorse. 
Who would not shun its lacerating force i 
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