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THE LOVER’S OFFERING, 
HELIOTROPE...DEVOTED IN AFFECTION. 
Beautiful flower, thou symhollest well; 
True love in my heart for ever will dwell: 
Then, dear one, banish all thy dejection— 
I’m devoted to thee in real affection. 
I could not forsake thee for bright red gold— 
My heart in thy chains thou dost firmly hold, 
Devotion to thee! O so sweet! so sweet! 
I am never so happy as when we meet! 
Till one day shall come, thou art mine—0 mine! 
Nought can change me—I am thine! truly thine! 
Then cherish for me the dear reflection— 
I’m devoted to thee in real affection! 
Gu. 
| A wish. 
S) M»v T/i™ and Reason be Friends, and 
id Virtue marry. 
LOVE DELECTABLE. 
All other joys are transient, but this 
Is but a foretaste of eternal bliss, 
The purest feeling God to man has given, 
By whioh alone he may aspire to heaven. 
