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aigrette, it is a proof that you are not forgotten. 
i But this second trial must be conducted with 
| great caution. You must blow very gently ; 
| for, at any age, even at that which love renders 
most resplendent, it is wrong to dispel too 
rudely the illusions which embellish life. 
The Dandelion attracts attention at a much 
earlier period of life. Friend Howitt speaks of nee ala 
it as myn for 












Dandelion, with globe of down, NOD. 
The schoolboy’s clock in every tuwn, 
Which the truant puffs amain, le 
To conjure lost hours back again. Pasi 











