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THE LOVER’S OFFERING, 
Thou art my Rose, my Lily, Bell, 
Sweet Heliotrope to me ; 
Acacia, Daisy, Honey-flower, 
Are symbols, love, of thee. 
My Mignonette, and Pansy sweet, 
My Calla, Celandine, 
Amethyst, Myrtle, and White Pink 
And Clover sweet, “ Be mine.” 
I’ll be like Ivy unto thee 
Veronica, fidelity; 
With Orange Blossoms crown thee soon 
Hawthorn, still hope in me. Gu. 
Charms to strike the Sight, and Merit g) 
to win the Heart. (8 
PROPENSITIES OF OLD BACHELORS. 
Abatina; wandering from flower to 
flower, and losing every one.— Wolfs 
Bane; loving none but themselves— 
cramped creatures .—Agnus Castus ; their 
hearts are ice, and overloaded with Box; 
the creatures were born on an iceberg, 
