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THE HONEYSUCKLE. 
are firmly entwined; for it receives support, 
and rewards that support with devotion and 
every good within its power to communicate. 
Fidelity is, therefore, a sentiment eminently 
illustrated by the Honeysuckle. 
ILLUSTRATION OF THE SENTIMENT. 
Oh ! yet one smile, though dark may lower 
Around thee clouds of woe and ill ; 
Let me yet feel that I have power, 
’Mid fate’s bleak storms, to soothe thee still. 
Though sadness he upon thy brow. 
Yet let it turn, dear love, to me ; 
I cannot bear that thou sliouldst know 
Sorrow I do not share with thee. 
True love’s wreath is of mountain flowers,— 
They stand the storm, and brave the blast, 
And blossom,—so, true love like ours 
Is sweetest when all else is past. 
Too well, I know, that storms have frown’d, 
And still frown on life’s troubled tide; 
Still darker let them gather round. 
They have no power on hearts so tried. 
