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THE PRIMROSE. 
only hope that our wishes respecting it may 
he realised; but its fair blossoms tell us of 
the flowers that we may expect, and each 
additional development is an advance towards 
the time when the promise may be realised. 
ILLUSTRATION OP THE SENTIMENT. 
“ Sat, gentle lady of the bower, 
For thou, though young, art wise. 
And known to thee is every flower. 
Beneath our milder 6kies;— 
“ Say which the plant of modest dye. 
And lovely mien combined, 
That, fittest to the pensive eye. 
Displays the virtuous mind ? 
“ I sought the groves where innocence 
Methought might long reside ; 
But April’s blossom banish’d thence. 
Gave summer, Flora’s pride. 
“ I sought the garden’s boasted haunt ; 
But on the gay parterre 
Carnations glow, and tulips flaunt; 
No humble floweret there.” 
