THE FLORAL GIFT. 
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WORMWOOD. 
Artemesia Absynthium ,—Class 19, Order 2. 
A bitter medicinal herb, cultivated in gardens here, but 
wild in England. 
ABSENCE. 
Although I may wander aa-far as I will, 
My heart, my beloved, remains with you still, | 
As the carrier-bird, that'they tear from its 
young, 
Though the way be untracked, and the jour¬ 
ney be long, 
Untiring ne’er suffers its pinions to rest, 
Till they fold its dear chicks in its desolate 
nest:— 
Thus I, when my moments of absence are o’er, 
And this far distant land shall detain me no 
more, 
With light’nihg-winged softness my path 
I’ll pursue, 
Till it bring me in rapture to home and to 
you. 
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