THE WHITE JASMINE. 
The beauty of this unassuming flower is even surpassed 
by its delightful odour; may we thus always find loveli¬ 
ness accompanied by amiability ! 
And brides, as delicate and fair 
As the white jasmine flowers they wear. 
T. MOORE. 
The jessamine, with which the queen of flowers 
To charm her god, adorns his favourite bowers; 
Which brides by the plain hand of neatness drest, 
Unenvied rival ! wear upon their breast; 
Sweet as the incense of the morn, and chaste 
As the pure zone which circles Dian’s waist. 
CHURCHILL. 
THE VIRGIN’S-BOWER. 
When artifice is innocently resorted to for the purpose 
of giving pleasure, it may be compared to the agreeable 
fragrance of the sweet clematis. But when it is used to 
entangle the unwary, it becomes the agent of him whom 
Milton thus describes ; 
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