TRUMPET-FLOWER, FORGET-ME-NOT, AND RASPBERRY. 
Farewell—Be true to thyself—yet sometimes think of me. 
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I ask no more—pursue thy way, 
By love and joy surrounded— 
I would not have one feeling stray, 
That duty’s law has bounded. 
It shall be joy enough for me, 
Howe’er my fate may alter, 
To know that Honor goes with thee — 
That thy soul cannot falter. 
Pursue thy way.—Be calm and strong, 
No glorious aim foregoing; 
Nor ever bend thou Right to Wrong, 
With sophist triumph glowing. 
I only ask, amid the cares 
And clouds that round me darken, 
To memory’s murmur of thy love 
My happy heart may hearken. 
I only ask—if thy strength fail 
On Life’s tumultuous river— 
That thoughts of me may then prevail, 
And prompt to proud endeavor. 
And oh! believe—whatever Fate, 
Or dark or bright, pursue thee, 
One loyal heart will nightly send 
Its silent blessing to thee. 
F. S. 0. 
