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THE MISSIVE.

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"In the East, where ladies are not taught to write, flowers convey the sentiments which letters do with us."

I.

WITH IN a lonely bower

Lingers a maiden fair,

Her eyes of Eastern lustre.

Of raven black her hair.

II.

The snow-white hand a rosebud

To scarlet lips do press;

Methinks I know the secret

Of that sweet maid's caress.

A. D. H.

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