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LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
ELLEN NEVILLE. 
I AM YOUR CAPTIVE, AND HOPE TO POSSESS SUCH 
LASTING BEAUTY. 
Emblems. 
LOVE’S CAPTIVE— PEACH-BLOSSOM: HOPE— SNOWDROP. 
LASTING BEAUTY— STOCK. 
“ Why did she love him ? she would answer still, 
‘ Is human love the growth of human will V 
To her he might be gentleness ; the stern 
Have deeper thoughts than your dull eyes discern; 
And when they love, your smilers guess not how 
Beats the strong heart, though less the lips avow.” 
BrR on’s Lara. 
It was towards the close of the civil wars, when 
the storm which had long shaken England was 
somewhat assuaged, and the .cavalry of Cromwell 
had all but trampled under foot the last remains of 
the royal army,—when wealthy estates were daily 
