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DAHLIA, 
DAHLIA. 
Elegance and Dignity. 
[ Loven thee for thy high-born grace, 
Thy deep and lustrous eye ; 
For the sweet meaning of thy brow, 
"And for thy bearing high. 
T loved thee for thy stainless truth, 
Thy thirst for higher things ; 
For all that to our common lot 
A better temper brings. 
And are they not all thine —still thine? 
Is not thy heart as true? 
| Holds not thy step its noble grace? 
Thy cheek its dainty hue ?— 
And have J not an ear to hear? 
And a cloudless eye to see? 
And a thirst for beautiful human thought, 
That first was stirred by thee ? 
| WILLIS. 
No idle wish 
| To rival her compeers ; no proud conceit 
yo Of her own passing loveliness, e’er stirs 
Her tranquil soul. She brightly shines 
Amid the lesser lights that round her beam, 
Eclipsing all with her effulgent rays. 
Mrs. CusHING. 




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