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56 THE FLORAL GIFT. 
GERANIUM, SCARLET. 
Pelargonium Acerifolium ,—Class 16, Order 2. 
Another variety of the name species, leaves serrated, 
flowers white. 
TRANQUILLITY OF WIND. 
Mine be the joy which gleams around 
The hearth where pure affections dwell— 
Where love enrobed in smiles is found, 
And wraps the spirit with its spell. 
I would not seek excitement’s whirl, 
Where pleasure wears her tinsel crown, 
And passion’s billows upward curl, 
’Neath hatred’s darkly gathering frown. 
Let others seek, in wealth, or fame, 
A splendid path, whereon to tread— 
I’d rather wear a lowlier name, 
With love’s enchantment’s round it shed. 
Fame’s but a light to gild the grave, 
And wealth can never calm-the breast; 
But love, a halcyon on life’s wave, 
Hath power to soothe its strifes to rest 
Shrieve. 
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