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Thy fancied bride, 
The delicate snow-drop, keeps 
Her home with thee ; she wakes and sleeps 
Near thy true side. 
| Will man but hear! 
A simple flower can tell 
What beauties in his mind should dwell 
Through passion’s sphere. 
Prior. | 
—_— 
THE LILY OF THE VALLEY. 
I had found out a sweet green spot, 
Where a lily was blooming fair ; Ht 
The din of the city disturbed it not, | 
But the spirit that shades the quiet cot 
With its wings of love was there. | 
| 
I found that lily’s bloom, 
When the day was dark and chill; 
It smiled like a star in.a misty gloom, 
And it sent abroad a soft perfume, 
Which is floating round me still. | 
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