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shelters our persons, and protects our com¬ 
merce, 
“ Stems the vast main, and bears tremendous war 
To distant nations, or with sov’reign sway. 
Awes the divided world to peace and love.” 
Philips. 
“ Receive the shipwreck’d on your friendly shore; 
With hospitable rites relieve the poor.” 
Dry den. 
HUMANITY. 
M a r s h - m a l l o w .—A Ithcea officinalis. 
“ Alas ! when mallows in the garden die.” 
This plant, so celebrated for relieving the 
wounds of our ancestors, and decorating their 
graves, is also made the emblem of a sweet or 
mild disposition. 
-“ enquire the wretched out. 
And court the office of soft humanity?” 
