THE FLORAL GIFT. 
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LUPINE. 
Lupinus Hirsutus ,—Class 17, Order 4. 
A plant with rose-colored, or bine flowers, and elegant 
leaves.—South of Europe. 
DEJECTION. 
A weary time is ours, my love, 
A weary time is ours ; 
For lost to us are pleasure’s smiles, 
And withered are its flowers : 
The ray that cheered our youthful hearts, 
Hath vanished from our sight, 
And hope’s refulgent-beaming day, 
Hath faded into night. 
How joyous, in our early youth, 
Did all these scenes appear ! 
And what hath called to manhood’s eye, 
The bright, yet mournful tear? 
Oh, what hath called ? go ask the heart, 
Which, torn by grief and shanje, 
Will answer, joy is but a s'pell, 
That passeth as it came. 
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