




MEE BOW UT 

| *T is said that absence conquers love! 
But, O, believe it not; 
I’ve tried, alas! its power to prove, 
But thou art not forgot. 
F. W. Tuomas. 
CAMELLIA — WHITE, 
CAMELLIA JAPONICA. 
Perfect Loveliness, 
ELEGANCE floats about thee like a dress, 
Melting the airy motion of thy form 
Into one swaying grace; and loveliness, 
Like a rich tint that makes a picture warm, 
Is lurking in the chestnut of thy tress ; 
Enriching it, as moonlight afier storm 
Mingles dark shadows into gentleness, 
A beauty, that bewilders like a spell, 
Reigns in thine eye’s clear hazel; and thy brow, 
So pure in veined transparency, doth tell 
How spiritually beautiful art thou— 
A temple, where angelic love might dwell. 
Life in thy presence were a thing to keep, 
Like a gay dreamer clinging to his sleep. 
WILLIS. 


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