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LOVE'S T O K E N-FL 0 WE R S. 
VARIEGATED PINE.-Dianthus Va- 
EIEGATUS. 
Refusal. 
No, dearest one, not mine the hand 
To bind thy free and tameless heart, 
In fetters which thou canst not break 
When changeful fancy bids us part. 
Be it my task alone to bear 
The daily strengthening chain, 
And thou mayst wreathe its links with flowers 
But never feel its pain. 
The slender fibre which unites 
The young peach-blossom to the bough, 
Is not more fragile than the tie 
That binds our hearts together now; 
“i et better thus, for when the storm 
Sweeps o’er us, as it will. 
It can but rend the fading flower, 
The branch may flourish still. 
