THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
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Humble Plant . 
Hundred-leaved Rose ... 
Hyacinth . 
Hyacinth, White. 
Hydrangea. 
Hyssop . 
Despondency. 
Dignity of mind. 
Sport. Game. Play. 
Unobtrusive loveliness. 
A boaster. Heartless¬ 
ness. 
Cleanliness. 
i. 
Have ye ever heard, in the twilight dim, 
A soft low strain 
That ye fancied a distant vesper hymn, 
Borne o’er the plain, 
By the zephyrs that rise on perfumed wing 
When the sun’s last glances are glimmering ? 
IX. 
Have ye heard that music with cadence sweet 
And merry peal, 
Bing out like the echoes of Fairy feet 
O’er flowers that steal ? 
And did you deem that each breathing tone 
Was the distant vesper-chime alone ? 
hi. 
The source of that whispering strain I’ll tell— 
For I’ve listened oft 
To the music faint of the blue Harebell 
In the gloaming soft: 
’Tis the gay Fairy-folk that peal who ring 
At even-time for their banqueting. 
Miss Twamley. 
