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THE BOUQUET. 51 
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x GILLY FLOWER. 
CHEIRANTHUS INCANUS. 
Bonds of Affection. 
THERE is in life no blessing like affection ; 
It soothes, it hallows, elevates, subdues, 
And bringeth down to earth its native heaven, 
It sits beside the cradle patient hours, 
Whose sole contentment is to watch and love ; 
It bendeth o’er the deathbed, and conceals 
Tts own despair with words of faith and hope. 
Life has nought else that may supply its place ; 
Void is ambition, cold is vanity, 
And wealth an empty glitter, without love. 
L. E. Lanpon. 

By thy birth, so oft renewed 
From the embers long subdued ; 
By the life-gift in thy chain, 
Broken link to weave again; 
By thine infinite of woe, 
All we know not, all we know; 
If there be what dieth not, . 
7 ’ Thine, affection, is its lot! HEMANS. 


