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ing Hercules to the rank of a divinity, indueedé 
Juno to drink deep of a cup of nectar, which 
threw the queen of the gods into a profound 
sleep. Jupiter placed Hercules at her breast, 
that the divine milk might enter his frame, and 
thus work his immortality. The infant was 
not able to swallow so rapidly as he drew the 
milk from her celestial breast, some drops of 
which falling on the earth, this flower sprung 
up from it; hence it has been called Juno’s 
rose. 
In the Hebrew language the name Susannah 
signifies a lily; and all nations agree in con- 
sidering it the symbol of purity and modesty. 
The following beautiful lines, from the pen of 
Mrs. Henry Tighe, admirably illustrate the lily 
as the emblem of purity. 
How withered, perished seems the form 
Of yon obscure unsightly root ! 
Yet from the blight of wintry storm 
It hides secure the precious fruit. 
The careless eye can find no grace, 
No beauty in the scaly folds, 
Nor see within the dark embrace 
What latent loveliness it holds. 
Yet in that bulb, those sapless scales,’ 
The lily wraps her silver vest, 
Till vernal suns and vernal gales 
Shall kiss once more her fragrant breast.. 

