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THE DANDELION. 
and if a particle thereof be undetached, he is 
assured that his mistress has him in her 
thoughts. Does he wish her to know how 
vividly her image is pictured in his mind, 
how many gentle prayers for her welfare are 
breathed from his heart ?—he takes another 
of these feathery spheres, and, as the wor¬ 
shipper of Iran turns to his god, the sun, so 
he towards the dwelling-place of his divinity, 
and breathes thereon with all the ardour of 
his desires, and straight the little messengers 
wing their way to her feet, with the tribute 
of his devotion. The day of the schoolboys’ 
holiday has dawned, or the shepherd’s cares 
are demanded by his flock upon the moun¬ 
tain, do they require a barometer to know 
if the day will be propitious, to ascertain if 
the sun will shine, or the storm will rage ? 
those little globes are again called into re¬ 
quisition, and faithfully they tell of the 
coming storm, or of the reign of the glorious 
sun. 
