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THE FLORAL GIFT. 33 
CYPRESS. 
Cupresstis Sempervirens ,—Class 21, Order 8. 
A tree from the Island of Cypruss. m 
DEATH. 
Is it so terrible 
To die, when we are weary of the world— 
To cast away the trials and the cares 
Of life, as doth the glorious morning sun 
Cast off the clouds of night ? * * * * 
****** W hat though the ills 
And sorrows of humanity do press, 
With heavy weight upon us;—like the flow’rs, 
That bend at eve beneath the heavy dew, 
Yet when the glorious sunlight beameth forth 
Spring gladly up, awakened by its rays, 
And renovated by the very load [earth,— 
Of moisture which had bowed them to the 
So shall the cares, the sorrows, and the pains 
Of human being but invigorate 
The soul, when soon the sun of Righteousness 
Shall burst in holy splendor. 
X- 
Duganne. 
