THE FRENCH MARIGOLD. 
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querecl Mexico, unsatiated by the seas of blood 
through which they waded to the dominion 
over the country, they exercised their san¬ 
guinary inclinations still further, by destroy¬ 
ing the defenceless natives, from a feeling of 
jealousy of their chiefs, who, it must be al¬ 
lowed, sincerely hated them, and consequent¬ 
ly were the first victims of Spanish cruelty. 
Such was the extent of these massacres, that 
it was said it caused the Marigolds around 
the places of Spanish location to turn red; 
and the red Marigold is particularly abun¬ 
dant around Mexico. 
ILLUSTRATION OR THE SENTIMENT. 
In yonder grove of myrtles, straying, 
I saw a damsel and a child;— 
Joy on his frolic brow was playing, 
Her cheek was pale, her look was wild. 
Oft as he cull’d the dewy flowers, 
His playful gambols she forbid, 
And, if he roved to distant bowers, 
His steps controll’d, his wanderings chid. 
