OR, LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
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Flowers. Meanings. 
Wood Sorrel .Joy 
Wormwood .Absence 
XANTHIUM... RUDENESS. 
Behave yourself before folks, 
Be cautious what you say; 
For if you act unseemly, 
Ill-breeding you display. 
X 
Flowers. Meanings. 
Xanthium .Eudeness 
Xeranthemum.Cheerful amid trou¬ 
bles 
Y 
YEW... SORROW. 
Yew, thou art the symbol of ill 
Now pervading the earth! 
Whenever I sit in thy shade, 
Sad thoughts restrain all mirth ! 
O thou awfully looking tree, 
They plant thee near the grave; 
That awful place where all must lie, 
’Tis there thy branches wave. 
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