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THE LOVER’S OFFERING, 
The Rose repays thee all thy smiles— 
The stainless Lily rears, 
Dew in the chalice of its wiles, 
As sparkling as thy tears. 
The glances of thy gladden’d eyes 
Not thanklessly are pour’d ; 
In the blue Violet’s tender dyes 
Behold them all restored. 
Yon bright Carnation—once thy cheek 
Bent o’er it in the bud; 
And back it gives thy blushes meek 
In one rejoicing flood! 
That Balm has treasured all thy sighs, 
That Snowdrop touch’d thy brow, 
Thus not a charm of thine shall die, 
Thv face adorning now. 
Simmons. 
MYRTLE CORRESPONDENCE. 
A lady offering a young clergyman, of high 
scholastic attainments, a sprig of myrtle for his 
lady-love, he declined the gift, and sent her the 
following stanzas by way of accounting for his 
refusal:— 
Oh! give not me the myrtle spray 
To deck a gentle maid ; 
