love’s TOKEN-FLOWERS. 
MOSS. —Stcopodrjm. 
Maternal Affection. 
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The Mother to her wedded Daughter. 
Go, dearest one, my selfish love 
Shall never pale thy cheek, 
Not e’en a mother’s fears for thee 
Will I in sadness speak ; 
Yet how can I in coldness check 
The burning tears that start! 
Hast thou not turned from me, to dwell 
Within a stranger heart 1 
1 think on earlier, brighter days, 
When first my lip was prest 
Upon thy baby brow, while thou 
Lay helpless on my breast; 
In fancy still I see thine eye 
Uplifted to my face— 
I hear thy lisping tones, and mark 
Thy gleeful, childish grace. 
