. Nature's allegories and poems . tgi) anU iLo\» iltfe HIGH AND LOW LIFE AMONGFLOWERS. The dreamy strains of the waltz floatthrough the crowded ball-room, and theair is fraught with the essence of languidexhilaration. Of all the beautiful daughters ofhumanity gathered in that brilliantthrong, there is one who by her imperialbeauty outshines them all. She is thebelle, and against the dazzling snowdriftof her bosom rests a spray of flowers. The night advances. The heat andglare of the room begin to tell upon thefloral decorations. ^ This is insufferable, I am stifling/sighed a violet in the bouq
. Nature's allegories and poems . tgi) anU iLo\» iltfe HIGH AND LOW LIFE AMONGFLOWERS. The dreamy strains of the waltz floatthrough the crowded ball-room, and theair is fraught with the essence of languidexhilaration. Of all the beautiful daughters ofhumanity gathered in that brilliantthrong, there is one who by her imperialbeauty outshines them all. She is thebelle, and against the dazzling snowdriftof her bosom rests a spray of flowers. The night advances. The heat andglare of the room begin to tell upon thefloral decorations. ^ This is insufferable, I am stifling/sighed a violet in the bouquet of thebelle. The air is foul, though the heat is 23 agreeable/ responded a gardenia nexther. ^ The heat agreeable! It is parching/moaned the violet. I am becomingweak and limp; it is draining my vitality. ^ The impure atmosphere and glare aretarnishing my beauty; I feel my petalsbegin to shrivel/ bewailed the gardenia. ^ 0, for the cool, green glade of mybirth/ murmured the violet. ^ 0, for the unsullied warmth of myhothouse
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