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sunset and before sunrise, when they are fresh with 
morning and evening dew; beautifully diversified with 
tints of orange-scarlet, of pale yellow, and of bright 
orange, which grows deeper every day, and forms a 
variety of shades according to the age of each blossom 
that opens in the fascicle. The vegetable world scarcely 
exhibits a richer sight than an Asoca tree in full bloom. 
It is about as high as an ordinary cherry-tree.” 
The peculiarity mentioned by this elegant scholar of 
the late and early fragrance of the Asoca is of a kind 
that addresses itself at once to the imagination. The 
whole volume of nature, indeed (secondary only to that 
of revelation), is replete with pure and holy lessons; 
and if duly and properly studied, would not only 
enrich the mind and elevate the fancy, but amend 
the heart. 
Pilgrim of life ! if friends caress, 
If youth’s gay flowers thy path be strewing, 
If joy so ready is to bless 
He yields his gifts without the wooing; 
