rain. 
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‘ite ; 


PASSION-FLOW ER. 
Hang it on high where the starving lip sobs, 
And the patrician one turneth in scorn ; 
Let it be met where the purple steel robs 
Child of its father, and field of its corn. 
Hail it with joy in our yule-lighted mirth, 
But let it not fade with the festival sound ; 
Hang up love’s mistletoe over the earth, 
And let us kiss under it all the year round ! 





PASSION-FLOWER. 


(Faith. When the flower is reversed it means 
Superstition. ) 


ae exquisite flower is the symbol of Faith. It 
is supposed to represent the instruments of the 
Crucifixion ; hence its name. . 




THE PASSION-FLOWER. 


ALL-BEAUTEOUS flower ! whose center glows 
With studs of gold; thence streaming flows 
Ray-like effulgence ; next is seen 
A rich expanse of varying hue, 
Enfringed with an empurpled blue, 
And streaked with young Pomona’s green. 






