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EARLY YOUTH. 
PRIMROSE. 
No smiling knot 
Of early primroses, upon the warm. 
Luxuriant, southern bank appears, unmarked 
By him. carrington. 
Amid the sunny luxury of grass, 
Are tufts of pale-eyed primroses, entwined 
With many a bright-hued flower, and shrub that 
scents 
The all-voluptuous air. carrington. 
The saffron tufts of the primrose announce 
the return of spring, when we see the snowy 
mantle of retiring winter ornamented with 
embroidery of verdure and of flowers. The 
season of hoar frost has passed, hut the bright 
days of summer have not yet arrived. The 
period is emblematical of a lovely girl just 
passing from childhood to youth. The timid 
Aglae has scarce attained her fifteenth year, 
and would fain join the romping games of her 
younger companions, but is unable to do so. 
She watches them, and her heart burns to 
follow them. But a distaste for innocent joys, 
which she cannot vanquish, disturbs the 
heart of this young beauty. An interesting 
paleness is spread over her face, her heart lan¬ 
guishes, and she sighs, scarce knowing why. 
She has been told that, as spring succeeds to 
winter, so the pleasures of love follow those of 
