THE BLUE HYACINTH. 
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rectness of his selection, quote what has 
become a proverb, that “ true blue” is the 
emblem of truth, ergo of constancy ? 
“ But oh ! never doubt that my heart is true blue” 
is a line from one of our most popular songs, 
and misunderstood by no one; therefore, 
popular opinion, as w r ell as the poet, has at¬ 
tached the sentiment to the flower. 
ILLUSTRATION OP THE SENTIMENT. 
Oh ! were I conscious that within her breast 
I held some portion of her dear regard. 
Though pent for life within a prison’s walls. 
Where through my grate I yet might sometimes see 
E’en hut her shadow sporting in the sun; 
Though placed by fate where some obstructing bound, 
Some deep unpassable between us roll’d. 
And I might yet, from some high tow’ring cliff, 
Perceive her distant mansions from afar. 
Or mark its blue smoke rising eve and morn ; 
Nay, though within the circle of the moon, 
Some spell did fix her, never to return, 
