love’s token-flowers. 
THE EILY OE THE NILE.— Calia 
-23thiopica. 
Maiden Purity. 
Be thine the emblem, sweet one—watch and 
pray, 
Win thy young, stainless heart from earthly 
things ; 
Oh ! wait not thou till life’s bright morning ray 
Only o’er blighted hopes its radiance flings, 
But give to Heaven thy sinless spirit now, 
Ere sorrow’s tracery mar thy placid brow. 
Sinless and pure thou art, yet is thy soul 
Filled with a maiden’s vague and pleasant 
dreams, 
Sweet fantasies that mock at truth’s control, 
Like atoms round thee float in fancy’s beams; 
But trust them not, young dreamer—bid them 
flee, 
They have deceived all others, and will thee. 
-------I 
