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THE FLOWER VASE. 
FUCHSIA. 
Ladies’ Ear-drop. Class 8, — Order 1. 
Flowers pendulous—red, with a blue centre. 
Humble Love. 
I love thee. Yes, as flowers love light and air, 
As night its stars, or earth the glorious sun, 
As the crushed heart loves lone and earnest prayer, 
So love I thee, thou true and earnest one! 
And this is life — the life that thou canst give — 
’T is but one thing to love thee and to live. 
Deal gently, then, and suffer me to feed 
The vestal flame I vainly sought to quell j 
It shall not wrong or pain thee ; but, in need, 
Shall be thy comfort, and shall serve thee well. 
Though timid as the fawn that loves the wood, 
I will defy all powers to do thee good. 
