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PALM FLOWERS.

In a land of the sun's blessing,
  Where the passion-flower grows,
My heart keeps all worth possessing;
  And the way there no man knows.

—Unknown wonder of new beauty!
  There my Love lives all for me;
To love me is her whole duty,
  Just as I would have it be.

All the perfumes and perfections
  Of that clime have met with grace
In her body, and complexions
  Of its flowers are on her face.