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Sweet flower, thou tellest how hearts as pure and tender as thy leaf, as low and humble as thy stem, will surely know the joy that peace imparts.

The recollection of one upward hour
Hath more in it to tranquilize and cheer
The darkness of despondency, than years
Of gayety and pleasure.

There is nothing but death
Our affections can sever,
And till life's latest breath
Love shall bind us for ever.

Green sods are all their monument; and yet it tells A nobler history than pillared piles, Or the eternal pyramids.

Roses bloom, and then they wither;
Cheeks are bright, then fade and die;
Shapes of light are wafted hither,
Then, like visions, hurry by.

There are moments of life that we never forget, which brighten and brighten as time steals away.

Thought can wing its way
Swifter than lightning-flashes or the beam
That hastens on the pinions of the morn.

The thundering voice that wrings, in one dark, damning moment, crimes of years!

How awful is that hour when con, science stings.

The world is full of poetry. The air is living with its spirit; and the waves dance to the music of its melodies, and sparkle in its brightness.