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THE WALLFLOWER. 
desolation: striving, as it were, to conceal 
the ravages of time or the destroying hand of 
man, it devotes its perfume and its beauty to 
departed greatness. Hence, the troubadours 
carried a sprig of the Wallflower as an avowal 
that their love survived time and defied mis¬ 
fortune. 
ILLUSTRATION OF THE SENTIMENT. 
Not in prosperity’s bright morn 
Cheiranthus’ golden light 
Is lent, her splendours to adorn. 
And make them still more bright; 
But in adversity’s dark hour, 
When glory is gone by. 
It then exerts its gentle power, 
The scene to beautify. 
Bernard Barton. 
