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IMMORTALITY. 
St. Cecilia’s day; imagining it to be found 
in celestial bowers; -— 
By the streams that ever flow, 
By the fragrant winds that blow 
O’er the Elysian flowers ; 
By those happy souls that dwell 
In yellow meads of asphodel, 
Or amaranthine bowers. 
Love and friendship are adorned with ama¬ 
ranth. In the garland of Julie, we find the 
four following lines : 
Je suis la fleur d’amour qu’amarante on appells, 
Et qui viens de Julie adorer les beaux yeux. 
Roses, retirez-vous : j’ai le nom d’immortelle, 
II n’appartient qu’a moi de couronner les dieuj. 
Christina, queen of Sweden, who wishid 
to immortalise herself by renouncing tie 
throne to cultivate letters and philosophy, 
instituted the order of “ knights of the ama¬ 
ranth.” The decoration of that order is a 
medal of gold, enriched with a flower of the 
amaranth in enamel, with this motto: — 
“ Dolce nella memoria.” 
In the floral games at Toulouse, the prize 
for the best lyrical verses is a golden ama¬ 
ranth. 
