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THE FLOWEK VASE. 
ROSE—DAMASK. 
Rosa dasjascena. 
Flowers white and red. Brought from Damascus. 
Bashful Love. 
The blushing rose that hangs its head, 
Or meets the sun with shrinking dread, 
Conceals within its heart a flame 
Which from that glowing noontide came. 
So have I loved; — but some strange spell 
Forbids my heart its tale to tell; 
Here, — take this simple rose, and feel 
The love my lips dare not reveal. 
