THIS FLOWER VASE. 
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LAUREL. 
Kalmia. Class 10. — Order 1. 
A magnificent American shrub. Foliage a deep, glossy 
green; flowers beautiful, mostly white, though often of a 
delicate carmine, or rose-pink color. 
Virtue is true Beauty. 
Oh, not in the outward world alone, 
May the beautiful be to the soul made known; 
In its own far depths, in its inner li/e, 
Silent and pure is its spirit rife. 
Seen in the Love that is still the same 
In the captive’s dungeon, the martyr’s flame, 
As it is in the hour of joy and light, 
When life is unclouded, and hope is bright. 
Seen in the Mercy , gentle and nigh 
To the destitute’s moan, the sufferer’s sigh; 
In the tear of Repentance; the widow’s mite; 
The Truth that is firm to the good and right; 
In Meekness , Forgiveness , Humility , Prayer , 
In Hope that can suffer, and Faith that can bear, 
In deeds and in motives untold by the tongue, 
By chisel uncarved, by poet unsung,- 
The Beauty l lives in the depths of the soul! 
E. II. Chapin-. 
