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GARDENS, WREATHS, &c. 
And together, with fragrant sigh to close 
Our perfumed blossoms in calm repose. 
But now, with none to respond our sigh, 
In a foreign home we must droop and die ; 
The bonds of kindred we ottce have known, 
And how can we live in the world alone 1 
Oh, lady, list to the voice of mirth, 
By childhood wakened around thy hearth, 
And think how lonely thy heart would pine, 
Should fortune the ties of affection untwine. 
E’en now, in the midst of that circle blest, 
There are mournful thoughts in thine aching breast, 
And how wouldst thou weep, if, bereft of all, 
Thou shouldst sit alone in thy empty hall! 
THE CONSUMPTIVE. 
MRS. EMMA C. EMBURY. 
The intense desire for fruits and flowers which is generally express¬ 
ed by the victims of consumption, long after every other taste has 
departed, was exemplified in the case of a friend who died while 
holding in his hand a tulip. 
Bring flowers—fresh flowers—the fairest spring can 
yield, 
The poetry of earth, o’er every field, 
