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THE FLOWER VASE. 
CHINA ASTER. 
Aster. Class 19. — Order 2. 
_ A very extensive genus, of which we have many species 
in our woods, but none so beautiful as the cultivated China 
Your sentiments meet with a return. 
Yes, I am thine! Upon thy bosom leaning, 
No grief hath power to damp my fervent bliss, 
Nor can such love to thee be overweening — 
Thou art deserving all, and more than this.' 
Beloved, ne’er from thee one moment straying, 
My heart shall twine its roots upon thy truth • 
All lighter loves than this are fast decaying, 
Lc st in the dying years of sunny youth. 
