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THE FLORAL

HONEYSUCKLE.



The mercer’s plague, from shop to shop
Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks
The polished counter, and approving none,
Or promising with smiles to call again.

Cowper.



Well read in poetry and other books,
Cunning in music and the mathematics.

Shakspeare.