THE FLORAL GIFT. 
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GARDEN MARIGOLD. 
Calendula, Officinalis ,—Class 19, Order 4. 
A yellow flower, among tlie ancients it was sacred 
to Venus. 
SACRED AFFECTION. 
Oh, in the varied scenes of life, 
Is there a joy so sweet, 
As when amid its busy strife 
Congenial spirits meet. 
Feelings and thoughts, a fairy band 
Long hid from mortal sight, 
Then start, to meet the master hand, 
That calls them into light. 
When, turning o’er some gifted page, 
How fondly do we pause 
That dear companion to engage 
In answering applause ; 
And when we list to music’s sigh, 
How sweet at every tone, 
To read within another’s eye, 
The rapture of our own. 
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