THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND 
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Mushroom 
Upstart, 
Up in a night the Mushroom springs. 
And who hut he must be king of the mead . 
One loves not the sight of such upstart things 
Quickly they rise, and they fall with speed. 
Grass 
Utility, 
The commonest things may ofttimes be 
Those ot the greatest utility. 
How many uses hath Grass which growelh 
Wheresoever the wild wind bloweth. 
China Aster 
Variety, Chi: 
Rich in variegated dies. 
Are the China Asters, 
So enticing to the eyes 
Of young pleasure tasters. 
Darnel 
Vice, L 
As Darnel choaks the rising corn. 
And blights the farmer’s hope ; 
So vice in youthful bosoms born 
When it for growth hath scope. 
Makes vain the promise of the morn. 
Pai 
Symbolical of Victory; 
Because, of old, the struggle o’«t. 
The Victor aye the Palm-branch bore 
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