THE ALOE. 
The aloe is made the emblem of acute sorrow, on ac¬ 
count of its painful bitterness. The bitter of the aloe 
affects the body, that of affliction reaches tlie soul. 
Sorrow that locks up the struggling heart. 
AKENSIDE. 
Ip you do sorrow at my grief in love, 
By giving love your sorrow and my grief 
Were both extermined. 
SHAKSPEARE. 
Besides, you know, 
Prosperity’s the very bond of love; 
Whose fresh complexion, and whose heart together, 
Affliction alters. 
winter’s tale. 
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