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I LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS, 27 
This, though not strictly floral, is the most 
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Sometimes a word has various meanings, as 
various sentences rhyme with it; for instance : 
“ Rose—You smile, but still my anguish grows. 
Rose—For thee my heart with love still glows.” 
Sometimes a double rhyme belongs to a single 
word, as:— 
“ Tea—You are both sun and moon to me, 
Your’s is the light by which I see.” 
' And often times two flowers combined may form 
a stanza, as :— 
“ The opening rose-bud shows how pure 
My love for thee, thou charming maid; 
The pink, alas ! thy proud disdain. 
With which my ardent passion’s paid.” 
I By the above examples, it will be seen that 
there is nothing on earth, in air, or water, to 
which a meaning may not be attached, but 
these meanings are very arbitrary, depending 
more upon the sound of words, which will 
rhyme with the object named, than on any real 
or fancied similarity of significance in their 
