THE FLORAL GIFT. 
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SNOW BALL. 
Viburnum Opulus, —Class 5, Order 3. 
A shrub, cultivated for its globular heads of snowy 
flowers.--Great Britain. 
THOUGHTS OF HEAVEN. 
’Tis gentle eve ! and night draws near, 
The golden orb of day is set; 
And, one by one the stars appear, 
Bright gems in Heaven’s fair coronet; 
And, sparkling in her silvery sheen, 
Rides beauteously night’s radiant queen ! 
Oh ! ever on a night like this— 
Borne down beneath life’s weary load, 
I think me thus how pure the bliss, 
To yield the spirit up to God;— 
Its requiem, from yonder sky, 
Those strains of Heaven’s own minstrelsy! 
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