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FLORAL CONVERSATION. 
THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
In Eastern lands they talk in flowers, 
And they tell in a garland their loves and cares 
Each blossom that blooms in their garden bowers 
On its leaves a mystic language bears. 
The Rose is a sign of joy and love— 
Young blushing love in its earliest dawn ; 
And the mildness that suits the gentle dove, 
From the Myrtle’s snowy flower is drawn. 
Innocence shines in the Lily’s bell, 
Pure as the light in its native heaven ; 
Fame’s bright star and glory’s swell, 
In the glossy leaf of the Bay are given. 
The silent, soft, and humble heart, 
In the Violet’s hidden sweetness breathes; 
And the tender soul that cannot part, 
A twine of Evergreen fondly wreathes. 
