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THE FLORAL GIFT 
121 
VIOLET, WHITE 
Viola Cacullata ,—Class 5, Order 1. 
Pretty little flowers, found in the meadows of North 
America, and Europe. 
MODESTY 
A simple flower is modesty— 
It bloometh in the wild, 
Where ’mid the interwoven leaves, 
The sun-beam falleth mild, 
And silently it there receives 
Its nurture undefiled. 
O, better far that solitude, 
Should bosom all its sweets, 
Than that upon its form should blow 
The wind that roughly greets, 
Or fall on it with scorching glow, 
The fiery summer heats. 
Dugannc. 
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