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THE LOVEB’S OFFEFUNG, 
PRIMROSE. 
Its Sentiment is Inconstancy. Let not 
that characterize you. Rather let your 
symbol be Blue Violet. 0 give me the 
Almond of Globe Amaranth of Rose. 
Christmas Rose, and say at once, Thorn¬ 
less Rose. To me Austrian Rose. Believe 
the Nightshade of my Peach Tree, and you 
will cause me to be Xeranthemum. 
Ask. me why I send you here 
This firstling of the infant year ; 
Ask me why I send to you 
This primrose all bepearled with dew; 
I straight will whisper in your ears, 
The swoots of love arc wash’d with tears : 
