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    THE EIRST PRIMROSE. 93

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    XIV.—THE FIRST PRIMROSE.

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    Little yellow darling, Delicate and pale...

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    •The Pastor Replied: " Dear Elise, I Wil...

    The Vicar conformed himself hy degrees to the customs of the househe endeavoured to preserve the freshness of his mind in his

    hours ; of solitudeand in those of social intercourse which he occasionally enjoyed in , the neighbourhood , but in the house itself the

    yet sp imag irit his ined of silence residence . A mysterious reigned was not over interest so him oppressive , excited as well in as as great over mi the g measure ht others have by ; been and not the

    beautiful deceived when picture at , times had seized he seemed upon his to trace imagination in the , stony and face he was of the Pastor ' s wife an expression of sympathy and interest for himself .

    Still there were many times when he felt as if enchanted in an enchanted _Jiouse , and his spirits rose when the Pastor incidentally

    intended mentioned to , _' before bring b his ack departure his daughter for his with beautiful mother him . ' s If funeral this in , daug that the hter sit he

    should only bear a resemblance to the Victory - fore ting so room bri ! ht The -an spell angel which and lay other upon wonderful the house changes must give be effected way be . -

    He did not g venture during , the few days when he was alone with the lady to make any reference to her daughter ; how easily could she

    have guessed his thoughts .

    ( To he continued . )'

    The Eirst Primrose. 93

    THE EIRST PRIMROSE . 93

    Xiv.—The First Primrose.

    XIV . —THE FIRST PRIMROSE . 0

    Little Yellow Darling, Delicate And Pale...

    Little yellow darling , Delicate and pale

    Can thy gentle lovel , iness Brook such a wintry gale ,

    That nestled by this rushing stream , Thou sleepest like a lost sunbeam !

    Little yellow darling , At the breath of your perfume ,

    I sit within that quiet nook Where many sisters "bloom ;

    And all believing , ( who does not ?) Pore on the lays of Walter Scott .

    Such old romantic fancies y our perfume brings to me

    Half And of half the p of roud woodland baronial free . im , es ,

    A blended vision strangely wrought

    Of where I was and what I thought _.

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1863, page 93, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041863/page/21/