AND FLOWERS OF POETRY. 
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as we read that Jupiter, being desirous of raising Hercules to 
the rank of a divinity, induced Juno to drink deep of a cup of 
nectar, which threw the queen of the gods into a profound 
sleep. Jupiter placed Hercules at her nreast, that the divine 
milk might enter his frame, and thus work his immortality. 
The infant was not able to swallow so rapidly as he drew the 
milk from her celestial breast, some drops of which falling on 
the earth, this flower sprang up from it; hence it has been call¬ 
ed Juno’s rose. 
In the Hebrew language the name Susannah signifies a lily; 
and all nations agree in considering it the symbol of purity and 
modesty. 
How withered, perished, seems the form 
Of yon obscure unsightly root; 
Yet from the blight of wintry storm 
It hides secure the precious fruit. 
Ihe careless eye can find no grace, 
No beauty, in the scaly folds, 
Nor see within the dark embrace 
What latent loveliness it holds. 
Yet in that bulb, those sapless scales, 
The lily wraps her silver vest, 
Till vernal suns and vernal gales 
Shall kiss once more her fragrant breast. 
Yes, hide beneath the mouldering heap, 
The undelighting slighted thing; 
There, in the cold earth, buried deep, 
In silence let it wait the spring. 
