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ear ; its pretty flowers sparkle in July, clad in 
as bright a blue as that of the cerulean sky. 
Then, they incline as if they took delight in 
admiring themselves in the crystal waters, 
whose purity is unequalled. On this spot the 
young girls frequently assemble to celebrate 
their birth days by dancing on the borders of 
the brook. When crowned with these lovely 
flowers we might suppose them to be nymphs 
celebrating games in honour of the naiad of the 
enchanted oak. 
It is related that a young couple, who were 
on the eve of being united, whilst walking along 
the delightful banks of the Danube, saw one of 
these lovely flowers floating on the waves, 
which seemed ready to carry it away. The 
affianced bride admired the beauty of the flower, 
and regretted its fatal destiny. The lover was 
induced to precipitate himself into the water, 
where he had no sooner seized the flower than 
he sank into the flood, but making a last effort, 
he threw the flower upon the shore, and at the 
moment of disappearing for ever, he exclaimed, 
“* Vergils mich nicht,’’ since which time this 
flower has been made emblematical, and taken 
the name of “ Forget-me-not.” 

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