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Culled to bloom upon the breast, 
Since rough thorns the stem invest, 
They must be gathered with the rest, 
And with it to the heart be prest ; 
Just like love. 
And when rude hands the twin buds sever, 
‘They die, and they shall blossom never ; 
Yet the thorns be sharp as ever ; 
Just like love. 
GO TO THE FOREST SHADE.” 
BY MRS. HEMANS. 
Go to the forest shade— 
Seek thou the well-known glade, 
Where, heavy with sweet dew, the Violets lie, 
Gleaming through moss-tufts deep, 
Like dark eyes filled with sleep, 
And bathed in hues of summer's midnight sky. 
Bring me their buds, to shed 
Around my dying bed 
A breath of May, and of the wood’s repose ; 
For I in sooth depart 
With a reluctant heart, 
That fain would linger where the bright sun glows. 
Fain would I stay with thee— 
Alas! this may not be; 
Yet bring me still the gifts of happier hours ! 
Go where the fountain’s breast 
Catches, in glassy rest, 
The dim green light that pours through laurel 
bowers. 

