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FORSAKEN. 
FORGETFULNESS. 
MOONWORT. 
This is the same species as the Lunaria. 
It does not owe its name to the seed, which 
might commonly be supposed, but to the 
partition of its large flat pods, which are or¬ 
bicular, like the moon. This partition, dis¬ 
engaged from its shells, remains brilliant, 
and has somewhat the resemblance of a 
medal. Rene, duke of Bar and Loraine, 
having been made prisoner at the battle of 
Thoulongear, painted with his own hand a 
branch of moonwort, and sent it to his vas¬ 
sals to reproach them for their lack of dili¬ 
gence in procuring his deliverance. 
FORSAKEN. 
GARDEN ANEMONE. 
The coy anemone, that ne’er uncloses 
Her lips until they’re blown on by the wind. 
H. SMITH. 
Anemone was a nymph beloved by Zephyr. 
Flora, being jealous, banished her from her 
court, and changed her into a flower, which 
always opens at the return of spring. Zephyr 
has abandoned this unfortunate beauty to the 
