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THE LOVER’S OFFERING, 
Lettuce, "Willow Herb, Bunch of Thorns, 
Teazle, Pomegranate, Eose Mundi, Qua¬ 
king Grass, Quamoclit, Common Laurel, 
Spanish Jasmine, Eue, Eye Grass, Lady’s 
Slipper, Mandrake, Thistle, Stramonium, 
Snake’s Tongue, Weeping Willow. 
OLD BACHELORS. 
O hang them up—0 hang them all 
Who will not into wedlock fall! 
If all, like them, were ne’er to woo. 
Whatever would the ladies do ? 
They would, I’m sure, go out of mind, 
If a husband dear they could not find. 
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GRASS,.... Beauty and Utility. 
“A thing of beauty,” says Keats, “is a joy for 
ever; ’ ’ and with how many things of beauty has a gra¬ 
cious God seen fit to adorn this temporary dwelling- 
place of ours! How lovely are the grasses—the 
flowing grasses, and how useful! 
“ Earth adomers, how I love ye! 
Sunshine floats around, above ye! 
Many bright associations, 
Many radiant creations, 
Images of grace and beauty, 
Thoughts of pleasure, love, and duty, 
