love’s token-flowers. 25 
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PURPLE HEART’S-EASE.— Viola Tri¬ 
color. 
“ You occupy my thoughts .” 
How have I thought, of thee ? as flies 
The dove to seek her mate, 
Trembling lest some rude hand has made 
Her sweet home desolate ; 
Thus timidly I seek in thine, 
The only heart that throbs with mine. 
How have I thought of thee 1 as turns 
The flower to meet the sun, 
E’en though, when clouds and storms arise, 
It be not shone upon ; 
Thus, dear one, in thine eye I see 
The only light that beams for me. 
How have I thought of thee 7 as dreams 
The mariner of home, 
When doomed o’er many a weary waste 
Of waters yet to roam ; 
