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It is a mournful pleasure to remember the exquisite taste
and delight she evinced in the arrangement of a Bouquet; and
how often she wished that, hereafter, she might appear to me
as a beautiful flower!


Oh! lay me where my Rosa lies,
  And love shall o’er the moss-grown bed,
When dew-drops leave the weeping skies.
  His tenderest tear of pity shed.

And sacred shall the willow be,
  That shades the spot where virtue sleeps;
And mournful memory weep to see
  The hallow’d watch affection keeps.

Yes, soul of love! this bleeding heart
  Scarce beating, soon its griefs shall cease;
Soon from his woes the sufferer part,
  And hail thee at the Throne of Peace