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keep his word, and long and vainly the poor 
young queen watched from the shore for his 
returning bark. Abandoning, at length, all 
hope of his ever coming back to her, mar- 
velling— 
‘That constant love should linger on the deep, 2 
she pined away and died, and was turned into 
an Almond tree. 
Three months after her death her neglect- 
ful husband returned. 
He was struck with sorrow and remorse by 
the tidings which met him, and affection for 
the forsaken wife awoke too late. He offered 
a sacrifice on the sea-shore to appease her 
manes, and, as if in answer to his anguished 
cry for forgiveness, the Almond tree (not yet 
in leaf) put forth its lovely blossoms from the 
boughs. 
Moore makes the Almond tree the emblem 
of Hope :— 
‘‘ The hope in dreams of a happier hour, 
That alights on Misery’s brow, 
Springs out of the silvery Almond flower, 
That blooms on a leafless bough.” 























