THE 
POETRY OF 
FLOWE R S. 
ACACIA, YELLOW. 
SECRET LOVE. 
Thou, like a star-flower in the wood. 
Thy modest charms art hiding ; 
Content with humbly doing good. 
And in God’s love abiding. 
But though the world observes thee not. 
In one fond heart thou’rt treasured ; 
And bright indeed must be the lot 
That shares a love unmeasured. 
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ACACIA, ROSE. 
PLATONIC LOVE. 
Lo, others kneel before thy shrine 
With Passion's words of fire ; 
But better far such love as mine. 
That never feels desire. 
To pray for thee at twilight hour. 
To dream of thee at night, 
To link thy name with every flower— 
These make my love's delight. 
And years may roll, and time may mar 
The beauty of thy brow. 
But thou, however distant far. 
Wilt be as dear as now. 
From Fassion and its stains refined, 
My love is deep and pure ; 
Shall it not, bom of heart and mind. 
As long as these endure? 
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AMARANTH. 
Of this plant there are many species. The prettiest 
is the Globe Amaranth—flowers red, unfading. 
IMMORTALITY. 
Oh, not for the hue of thy roseate cheek, 
Nor the dimpled rubies that smile and speak; 
Oh, not for the flash of thy glowing eye. 
Nor the eloquent sound of thy soft, low sigh. 
Do I love thee, bright being of passion and grace 1 
*Tis the soul, the sweet soul in thy beautiful face. 
The spirit Immortal, the charm that ne’er dies. 
That from death and the gloom of the grave will arise; 
It is this that inthrals me: and thou unto me 
Art the embryo, only, of what thou shall be ; 
For thy mortal shall die, but the beauty I love 
Hath an endless existence and progress above l 
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