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Title: Language of Flowers

Author: Kate Greenaway

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LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS



	Abecedary	Volatility.
	Abatina	Fickleness.
	Acacia	Friendship.
	Acacia, Rose or White	Elegance.
	Acacia, Yellow	Secret love.
	Acanthus	The fine arts. Artifice.
	Acalia	Temperance.
	Achillea Millefolia	War.
	Aconite (Wolfsbane)	Misanthropy.
	Aconite, Crowfoot	Lustre.
	Adonis, Flos	Painful recollections.
	African Marigold	Vulgar minds.
	Agnus Castus	Coldness. Indifference.
	Agrimony	Thankfulness. Gratitude.


Almond (Common)	Stupidity. Indiscretion.
Almond (Flowering)	Hope.
Almond, Laurel	Perfidy
Allspice	Compassion.
Aloe	Grief. Religious superstition.
Althaea Frutex (Syrian Mallow)	Persuasion.
Alyssum (Sweet)	Worth beyond beauty.
Amaranth (Globe)	Immortality. Unfading love.
Amaranth (Cockscomb)	Foppery. Affectation.
Amaryllis	Pride. Timidity. Splendid beauty.
Ambrosia	Love returned.
American Cowslip	Divine beauty.
American Elm	Patriotism.
American Linden	Matrimony.
American Starwort	Welcome to a stranger. Cheerfulness in old age.
Amethyst	Admiration.
Anemone (Zephyr Flower)	Sickness. Expectation.
Anemone (Garden)	Forsaken.
Angelica	Inspiration.
Angrec	Royalty.
Apple	Temptation.
Apple (Blossom)	Preference. Fame speaks him great and good.
Apple, Thorn	Deceitful charms.
Apocynum (Dog's Vane)	Deceit.
Arbor Vitæ	Unchanging Friendship. Live for me.
Arum (Wake Robin)	Ardour.
Ash-leaved Trumpet Flower	Separation.
Ash Tree	Grandeur.
Aspen Tree	Lamentation.
Aster (China)	Variety. Afterthought.
Asphodel	My regrets follow you to the grave.
Auricula	Painting.
Auricula, Scarlet	Avarice.
Austurtium	Splendour.
Azalea	Temperance.


Bachelor's Buttons	Celibacy.
Balm	Sympathy.
Balm, Gentle	Pleasantry.
Balm of Gilead	Cure. Relief.
Balsam, Red	Touch me not. Impatient resolves.
Balsam, Yellow	Impatience.
Barberry	Sourness of temper.
Barberry Tree	Sharpness.
Basil	Hatred.
Bay Leaf	I change but in death.
Bay (Rose) Rhododendron	Danger. Beware.
Bay Tree	Glory.
Bay Wreath	Reward of merit.
Bearded Crepis	Protection.
Beech Tree	Prosperity.
Bee Orchis	Industry.
Bee Ophrys	Error.
Belladonna	Silence
Bell Flower, Pyramidal	Constancy.
Bell Flower (small white)	Gratitude.


Belvedere	I declare against you.
Betony	Surprise.
Bilberry	Treachery.
Bindweed, Great	Insinuation.
Bindweed, Small	Humility.
Birch	Meekness.
Birdsfoot Trefoil	Revenge.
Bittersweet; Nightshade	Truth.
Black Poplar	Courage.
Blackthorn	Difficulty.
Bladder Nut Tree	Frivolity. Amusement.
Bluebottle (Centaury)	Delicacy.
Bluebell	Constancy.
Blue-flowered Greek Valerian	Rupture.
Borus Henricus	Goodness.

Borage	Bluntness.
Box Tree	Stoicism.
Bramble	Lowliness. Envy. Remorse.
Branch of Currants	You please all.
Branch of Thorns	Severity. Rigour.
Bridal Rose	Happy love.
Broom	Humility. Neatness.
Buckbean	Calm repose.
Bud of White Rose	Heart ignorant of love.
Bugloss	Falsehood.
Bulrush	Indiscretion. Docility.
Bundle of Reeds, with their Panicles	Music.
Burdock	Importunity. Touch me not.
Buttercup (Kingcup)	Ingratitude. Childishness.
Butterfly Orchis	Gaiety.
Butterfly Weed	Let me go.


Cabbage	Profit.
Cacalia	Adulation.
Cactus	Warmth.
Calla Æthiopica	Magnificent Beauty.
Calycanthus	Benevolence.
Camellia Japonica, Red	Unpretending excellence.
Camellia Japonica, White	Perfected loveliness.
Camomile	Energy in adversity.
Canary Grass	Perseverance.
Candytuft	Indifference.
Canterbury Bell	Acknowledgement.
Cape Jasmine	I'm too happy.
Cardamine	Paternal error.
Carnation, Deep Red	Alas! for my poor heart.
Carnation, Striped	Refusal.
Carnation, Yellow	Disdain.


Cardinal Flower	Distinction.
Catchfly	Snare.
Catchfly, Red	Youthful love.
Catchfly, White	Betrayed.
Cedar	Strength.
Cedar of Lebanon	Incorruptible.
Cedar Leaf	I live for thee.
Celandine (Lesser)	Joys to come.
Cereus (Creeping)	Modest genius.
Centaury	Delicacy.
Champignon	Suspicion.
Chequered Fritillary	Persecution.
Cherry Tree	Good education.
Cherry Tree, White	Deception.
Chesnut Tree	Do me justice. Luxury.
Chickweed	Rendezvous.
Chicory	Frugality.
China Aster	Variety.
China Aster, Double	I partake your sentiments.
China Aster, Single	I will think of it.
China or Indian Pink	Aversion.
China Rose	Beauty always new.
Chinese Chrysanthemum	Cheerfulness under adversity.
Christmas Rose	Relieve my anxiety.
Chrysanthemum, Red	I love.
Chrysanthemum, White	Truth.
Chrysanthemum, Yellow	Slighted love.
Cinquefoil	Maternal affection.
Circæa	Spell.
Cistus, or Rock Rose	Popular favour.
Cistus, Gum	I shall die to-morrow.
Citron	Ill-natured beauty.
Clematis	Mental beauty.
Clematis, Evergreen	Poverty.
Clotbur	Rudeness. Pertinacity.
Cloves	Dignity.
Clover, Four-leaved	Be mine.
Clover, Red	Industry.
Clover, White	Think of me.
Cobæa	Gossip.
Cockscomb Amaranth	Foppery. Affectation. Singularity.


Colchicum, or Meadow Saffron	My best days are past.
Coltsfoot	Justice shall be done.
Columbine	Folly.
Columbine, Purple	Resolved to win.
Columbine, Red	Anxious and trembling.
Convolvulus	Bonds.
Convolvulus, Blue (Minor)	Repose. Night.
Convolvulus, Major	Extinguished hopes.
Convolvulus, Pink	Worth sustained by judicious and tender affection.
Corchorus	Impatient of absence.
Coreopsis	Always cheerful.
Coreopsis Arkansa	Love at first sight.
Coriander	Hidden worth.
Corn	Riches.
Corn, Broken	Quarrel.
Corn Straw	Agreement.
Corn Bottle	Delicacy.
Corn Cockle	Gentility.
Cornel Tree	Duration.
Coronella	Success crown your wishes.
Cowslip	Pensiveness. Winning grace.
Cowslip, American	Divine beauty. You are my divinity.
Cranberry	Cure for heartache.
Creeping Cereus	Horror.
Cress	Stability. Power.
Crocus	Abuse not.
Crocus, Spring	Youthful gladness.
Crocus, Saffron	Mirth.
Crown Imperial	Majesty. Power.

Crowsbill	Envy.
Crowfoot	Ingratitude.
Crowfoot (Aconite-leaved)	Lustre.
Cuckoo Plant	Ardour.
Cudweed, American	Unceasing remembrance.
Currant	Thy frown will kill me.
Cuscuta	Meanness.
Cyclamen	Diffidence.
Cypress	Death. Mourning.



Daffodil	Regard.
Dahlia	Instability.
Daisy	Innocence.
Daisy, Garden	I share your sentiments
Daisy, Michaelmas	Farewell.
Daisy, Party-coloured	Beauty.
Daisy, Wild	I will think of it.
Damask Rose	Brilliant complexion.
Dandelion	Rustic oracle.
Daphne Odora	Painting the lily.
Darnel (Ray grass)	Vice
Dead Leaves	Sadness.
Dew Plant	A Serenade.
Dittany of Crete	Birth.
Dittany of Crete, White	Passion.
Dock	Patience.
Dodder of Thyme	Baseness.
Dogsbane	Deceit. Falsehood.
Dogwood	Durability.
Dragon Plant	Snare.
Dragonwort	Horror.
Dried Flax	Utility.


Ebony Tree	Blackness.
Eglantine (Sweetbrier)	Poetry. I wound to heal.
Elder	Zealousness.
Elm	Dignity.
Enchanter's Nightshade	Witchcraft. Sorcery.
Endive	Frugality.
Eupatorium	Delay.
Everflowering Candytuft	Indifference.
Evergreen Clematis	Poverty.
Evergreen Thorn	Solace in adversity.
Everlasting	Never-ceasing remembrance.
Everlasting Pea	Lasting pleasure.


Fennel	Worthy all praise. Strength.
Fern	Fascination.
Ficoides, Ice Plant	Your looks freeze me.
Fig	Argument.
Fig Marigold	Idleness.
Fig Tree	Prolific.
Filbert	Reconciliation.
Fir	Time.
Fir Tree	Elevation.
Flax	Domestic Industry. Fate. I feel your kindness.
Flax-leaved Goldy-locks	Tardiness.
Fleur-de-Lis	Flame. I burn.
Fleur-de-Luce	Fire.
Flowering Fern	Reverie.
Flowering Reed	Confidence in Heaven.
Flower-of-an-Hour	Delicate Beauty.
Fly Orchis	Error.

Flytrap	Deceit.
Fool's Parsley	Silliness.
Forget Me Not	True love. Forget me not.
Foxglove	Insincerity.
Foxtail Grass	Sporting.
French Honeysuckle	Rustic beauty.
French Marigold	Jealousy.
French Willow	Bravery and humanity.
Frog Ophrys	Disgust.
Fuller's Teasel	Misanthropy.
Fumitory	Spleen.
Fuchsia, Scarlet	Taste.



Garden Anemone	Forsaken.
Garden Chervil	Sincerity.
Garden Daisy	I partake your sentiments.
Garden Marigold	Uneasiness.
Garden Ranunculus	You are rich in attractions.
Garden Sage	Esteem.
Garland of Roses	Reward of virtue.
Germander Speedwell	Facility.
Geranium, Dark	Melancholy.
Geranium, Ivy	Bridal favour.
Geranium, Lemon	Unexpected meeting.
Geranium, Nutmeg	Expected meeting.
Geranium, Oak-leaved	True friendship.
Geranium, Pencilled	Ingenuity.
Geranium, Rose-scented	Preference.
Geranium, Scarlet	Contorting. Stupidity.
Geranium, Silver-leaved	Recall.
Geranium, Wild	Steadfast piety.

Gillyflower	Bonds of affection.
Glory Flower	Glorious beauty.
Goat's Rue	Reason.
Golden Rod	Precaution.
Gooseberry	Anticipation.
Gourd	Extent. Bulk.
Grape, Wild	Charity.
Grass	Submission. Utility.
Guelder Rose	Winter. Age.


Hand Flower Tree	Warning.
Harebell	Submission. Grief.
Hawkweed	Quicksightedness.
Hawthorn	Hope.
Hazel	Reconciliation.
Heath	Solitude.
Helenium	Tears.
Heliotrope	Devotion. Faithfulness.
Hellebore	Scandal. Calumny.
Helmet Flower (Monkshood)	Knight-errantry.
Hemlock	You will be my death.
Hemp	fate.
Henbane	Imperfection.
Hepatica	Confidence.
Hibiscus	Delicate beauty.
Holly	Foresight.
Holly Herb	Enchantment.
Hollyhock	Ambition. Fecundity.
Honesty	Honesty. Fascination.

Honey Flower	Love sweet and secret.
Honeysuckle	Generous and devoted affection.
Honeysuckle Coral	The colour of my fate.
Honeysuckle (French)	Rustic beauty.
Hop	Injustice.
Hornbeam	Ornament.
Horse Chesnut	Luxury.
Hortensia	You are cold.
Houseleek	Vivacity. Domestic industry.
Houstonia	Content.
Hoya	Sculpture.
Humble Plant	Despondency.
Hundred-leaved Rose	Dignity of mind.
Hyacinth	Sport. Game. Play.
Hyacinth, White	Unobtrusive loveliness.
Hydrangea	A boaster. Heartlessness.
Hyssop	Cleanliness.


Iceland Moss	Health.
Ice Plant	Your looks freeze me.
Imperial Montague	Power.
Indian Cress	Warlike trophy.
Indian Jasmine (Ipomœa)	Attachment.
Indian Pink (Double)	Always lovely.
Indian Plum	Privation.
Iris	Message.
Iris, German	Flame.
Ivy	Fidelity. Marriage.
Ivy, Sprig of, with tendrils	Assiduous to please.


Jacob's Ladder	Come down.
Japan Rose	Beauty is your only attraction.
Jasmine	Amiability.
Jasmine, Cape	Transport of joy.
Jasmine, Carolina	Separation.
Jasmine, Indian	I attach myself to you.
Jasmine, Spanish	Sensuality.
Jasmine, Yellow	Grace and elegance.
Jonquil	I desire a return of affection.
Judas Tree	Unbelief. Betrayal.
Juniper	Succour. Protection.
Justicia	The perfection of female loveliness.


Kennedia	Mental Beauty.
King-cups	Desire of Riches.



Laburnum	Forsaken. Pensive Beauty.
Lady's Slipper	Capricious Beauty. Win me and wear me.
Lagerstræmia, Indian	Eloquence.
Lantana	Rigour.
Larch	Audacity. Boldness.
Larkspur	Lightness. Levity.
Larkspur, Pink	Fickleness.
Larkspur, Purple	Haughtiness.
Laurel	Glory.
Laurel, Common, in flower	Perfidy.
Laurel, Ground	Perseverance.
Laurel, Mountain	Ambition.
Laurel-leaved Magnolia	Dignity.
Laurestina	A token. I die if neglected.
Lavender	Distrust.
Leaves (dead)	Melancholy.
Lemon	Zest.
Lemon Blossoms	Fidelity in lore.
Lettuce	Cold-heartedness.
Lichen	Dejection. Solitude.


Lilac, Field	Humility.
Lilac, Purple	First emotions of love.
Lilac, White	Youthful Innocence.
Lily, Day	Coquetry.
Lily, Imperial	Majesty.
Lily, White	Purity. Sweetness.
Lily, Yellow	Falsehood. Gaiety.
Lily of the Valley	Return of happiness.
Linden or Lime Trees	Conjugal love.
Lint	I feel my obligations.
Live Oak	Liberty.
Liverwort	Confidence.
Licorice, Wild	I declare against you.
Lobelia	Malevolence.
Locust Tree	Elegance.
Locust Tree (green)	Affection beyond the grave.
London Pride	Frivolity.
Lote Tree	Concord.
Lotus	Eloquence.
Lotus Flower	Estranged love.
Lotus Leaf	Recantation.
Love in a Mist	Perplexity.
Love lies Bleeding	Hopeless, not heartless.
Lucern	Life.
Lupine	Voraciousness. Imagination.



Madder	Calumny.
Magnolia	Love of Nature.
Magnolia, Swamp	Perseverance.
Mallow	Mildness.
Mallow, Marsh	Beneficence.
Mallow, Syrian	Consumed by love.
Mallow, Venetian	Delicate beauty.
Manchineal Tree	Falsehood.
Mandrake	Horror.
Maple	Reserve.
Marigold	Grief.
Marigold, African	Vulgar minds.
Marigold, French	Jealousy.
Marigold, Prophetic	Prediction.
Marigold and Cypress	Despair.
Marjoram	Blushes.
Marvel of Peru	Timidity.


Meadow Lychnis	Wit.
Meadow Saffron	My fast days are fast.
Meadowsweet	Uselessness.
Mercury	Goodness.
Mesembryanthemum	Idleness.
Mezereon	Desire to please.
Michaelmas Daisy	Afterthought.
Mignionette	Your qualities surpass your charms.
Milfoil	War.
Milkvetch	Your presence softens my pains.
Milkwort	Hermitage.
Mimosa (Sensitive Plant)	Sensitiveness.
Mint	Virtue.
Mistletoe	I surmount difficulties.
Mock Orange	Counterfeit.
Monkshood (Helmet Flower)	Chivalry. Knight-errantry.
Moonwort	Forgetfulness.
Morning Glory	Affectation.
Moschatel	Weakness.
Moss	Maternal love.
Mosses	Ennui.
Mossy Saxifrage	Affection.
Motherwort	Concealed love.
Mountain Ash	Prudence.
Mourning Bride	Unfortunate attachment. I have lost all.
Mouse-eared Chickweed	Ingenuous simplicity.
Mouse-eared Scorpion Grass	Forget me not.
Moving Plant	Agitation.
Mudwort	Tranquillity.
Mugwort	Happiness.
Mulberry Tree (Black)	I shall not survive you.
Mulberry Tree (White)	Wisdom.
Mushroom	Suspicion.
Musk Plant	Weakness.
Mustard Seed	Indifference.
Myrobalan	Privation.
Myrrh	Gladness.
Myrtle	Love.



	Narcissus	Egotism.
	Nasturtium	Patriotism.
	Nettle, Burning	Slander.
	Nettle Tree	Concert.
	Night-blooming Cereus	Transient beauty.
	Night Convolvulus	Night.
	Nightshade	Truth.



	Oak Leaves	Bravery.
	Oak Tree	Hospitality.
	Oak (White)	Independence.
	Oats	The witching soul of music.
	Oleander	Beware.
	Olive	Peace.
	Orange Blossoms	Your purity equals your loveliness.
	Orange Flowers	Chastity. Bridal festivities.
	Orange Tree	Generosity.
	Orchis	A Belle.
	Osier	Frankness.
	Osmunda	Dreams.
	Ox Eye	Patience.


Palm	Victory.
Pansy	Thoughts.
Parsley	Festivity.
Pasque Flower	You have no claims.
Passion Flower	Religious superstition.
Patience Dock	Patience.
Pea, Everlasting	An appointed meeting. Lasting Pleasure.
Pea, Sweet	Departure.
Peach	Your qualities, like your charms, are unequalled.
Peach Blossom	I am your captive.
Pear	Affection.
Pear Tree	Comfort.
Pennyroyal	Flee away.
Peony	Shame. Bashfulness.
Peppermint	Warmth of feeling.
Periwinkle, Blue	Early friendship.
Periwinkle, White	Pleasures of memory.
Persicaria	Restoration.


Persimon	Bury me amid Nature's beauties.
Peruvian Heliotrope	Devotion.
Pheasant's Eye	Remembrance.
Phlox	Unanimity.
Pigeon Berry	Indifference.
Pimpernel	Change. Assignation.
Pine	Pity.
Pine-apple	You are perfect.
Pine, Pitch	Philosophy.
Pine, Spruce	Hope in adversity.
Pink	Boldness.
Pink, Carnation	Woman's love.
Pink, Indian, Double	Always lovely.
Pink, Indian, Single	Aversion.
Pink, Mountain	Aspiring.
Pink, Red, Double	Pure and ardent love.
Pink, Single	Pure love.
Pink, Variegated	Refusal.
Pink, White	Ingeniousness. Talent.
Plane Tree	Genius.
Plum, Indian	Privation.
Plum Tree	Fidelity.
Plum, Wild	Independence.
Polyanthus	Pride of riches.
Polyanthus, Crimson	The heart's mystery.
Polyanthus, Lilac	Confidence.
Pomegranate	Foolishness.
Pomegranate, Flower	Mature elegance.
Poplar, Black	Courage.
Poplar, White	Time.
Poppy, Red	Consolation.
Poppy, Scarlet	Fantastic extravagance.
Poppy, White	Sleep. My bane. My antidote.
Potato	Benevolence.

Prickly Pear	Satire.
Pride of China	Dissension.
Primrose	Early youth.
Primrose, Evening	Inconstancy.
Primrose, Red	Unpatronized merit.
Privet	Prohibition.
Purple Clover	Provident.
Pyrus Japonica	Fairies' fire.



	Quaking-Grass	Agitation.
	Quamoclit	Busybody.
	Queen's Rocket	You are the queen of coquettes. Fashion.
	Quince	Temptation.


Ragged Robin	Wit.
Ranunculus	You are radiant with charms.
Ranunculus, Garden	You are rich in attractions.
Ranunculus, Wild	Ingratitude.
Raspberry	Remorse.
Ray Grass	Vice.
Red Catchfly	Youthful lore.
Reed	Complaisance. Music.
Reed, Split	Indiscretion.
Rhododendron (Rosebay)	Danger. Beware.
Rhubarb	Advice.
Rocket	Rivalry.
Rose	Love.
Rose, Austrian	Thou art all that is lovely.
Rose, Bridal	Happy love.
Rose, Burgundy	Unconscious beauty.
Rose, Cabbage	Ambassador of love.
Rose, Campion	Only deserve my love.
Rose, Carolina	Love is dangerous.
Rose, China	Beauty always new.
Rose, Christmas	Tranquillize my anxiety.


Rose, Daily	Thy smile I aspire to.
Rose, Damask	Brilliant complexion.
Rose, Deep Red	Bashful shame.
Rose, Dog	Pleasure and pain.
Rose, Guelder	Winter. Age.
Rose, Hundred-leaved	Pride.
Rose, Japan	Beauty is your only attraction.
Rose, Maiden Blush	If you love me, you will find it out.
Rose, Multiflora	Grace.
Rose, Mundi	Variety.
Rose, Musk	Capricious beauty.
Rose, Musk, Cluster	Charming.
Rose, Single	Simplicity.
Rose, Thornless	Early attachment.
Rose, Unique	Call me not beautiful.
Rose, White	I am worthy of you.
Rose, White (withered)	Transient impressions.
Rose, Yellow	Decrease of love. Jealously.
Rose, York and Lancaster	War.
Rose, Full-blown, placed over two Buds	Secrecy.
Rose, White and Red together	Unity.
Roses, Crown of	Reward of virtue.
Rosebud, Red	Pure and lovely.
Rosebud, White	Girlhood.
Rosebud, Moss	Confession of love.
Rosebay (Rhododendron)	Beware. Danger.
Rosemary	Remembrance.
Rudbeckia	Justice.
Rue	Disdain.
Rush	Docility.
Rye Grass	Changeable disposition


Saffron	Beware of excess.
Saffron Crocus	Mirth.
Saffron, Meadow	My happiest days are past.
Sage	Domestic virtue.
Sage, Garden	Esteem.
Sainfoin	Agitation.
Saint John's Wort	Animosity. Superstition.
Sardony	Irony.
Saxifrage, Mossy	Affection.
Scabious	Unfortunate love.
Scabious, Sweet	Widowhood.
Scarlet Lychnis	Sunbeaming eyes.
Schinus	Religions enthusiasm.
Scotch Fir	Elevation.
Sensitive Plant	Sensibility. Delicate feelings.
Senvy	Indifference.
Shamrock	Light heartedness.
Snakesfoot	Horror.


Snapdragon	Presumption.
Snowball	Bound.
Snowdrop	Hope.
Sorrel	Affection.
Sorrel, Wild	Wit ill-timed.
Sorrel, Wood	Joy.
Southernwood	Jest. Bantering.
Spanish Jasmine	Sensuality.
Spearmint	Warmth of sentiment.
Speedwell	Female fidelity.
Speedwell, Germander	Facility.
Speedwell, Spiked	Semblance.
Spider, Ophrys	Adroitness.
Spiderwort	Esteem not love.
Spiked Willow Herb	Pretension.
Spindle Tree	Your charms are engraven on my heart.
Star of Bethlehem	Purity.
Starwort	Afterthought.
Starwort, American	Cheerfulness in old age.
Stock	Lasting beauty.
Stock, Ten Week	Promptness.
Stonecrop	Tranquillity.
Straw, Broken	Rupture of a contract.
Straw, Whole	Union.
Strawberry Tree	Esteem and love.
Sumach, Venice	Splendour. Intellectual excellence.
Sunflower, Dwarf	Adoration.
Sunflower, Tall	Haughtiness.
Swallow-wort	Cure for heartache.
Sweet Basil	Good wishes.
Sweetbrier, American	Simplicity.
Sweetbrier, European	I wound to heal.
Sweetbrier, Yellow	Decrease of love.
Sweet Pea	Delicate pleasures.
Sweet Sultan	Felicity.
Sweet William	Gallantry.
Sycamore	Curiosity.
Syringa	Memory.
Syringa, Carolina	Disappointment.



Tamarisk	Crime.
Tansy (Wild)	I declare war against you.
Teasel	Misanthropy.
Tendrils of Climbing Plants	Ties.
Thistle, Common	Austerity.
Thistle, Fuller's	Misanthropy
Thistle, Scotch	Retaliation.
Thorn Apple	Deceitful charms.
Thorn, Branch of	Severity.
Thrift	Sympathy.
Throatwort	Neglected beauty.
Thyme	Activity.
Tiger Flower	For once may pride befriend me.
Traveller's Joy	Safety.
Tree of Life	Old age.
Trefoil	Revenge.

Tremella Nestoc	Resistance.
Trillium Pictum	Modest beauty.
Truffle	Surprise.
Trumpet Flower	Fame.
Tuberose	Dangerous pleasures.
Tulip	Fame.
Tulip, Red	Declaration of love.
Tulip, Variegated	Beautiful eyes.
Tulip, Yellow	Hopeless love.
Turnip	Charity.
Tussilage (Sweet-scented)	Justice shall be done you.


	Valerian	An accommodating disposition.
	Valerian, Greek	Rupture.
	Venice Sumach	Intellectual excellence. Splendour.
	Venus' Car	Fly with me.
	Venus' Looking-glass	Flattery.
	Venus' Trap	Deceit.
	Vernal Grass	Poor, but happy.
	Veronica	Fidelity.
	Vervain	Enchantment.
	Vine	Intoxication.
	Violet, Blue	Faithfulness.
	Violet, Dame	Watchfulness.
	Violet, Sweet	Modesty.
	Violet, Yellow	Rural happiness.
	Virginian Spiderwort	Momentary happiness.
	Virgin's Bower	Filial love.
	Volkamenia	May you be happy.


	Walnut	Intellect. Stratagem.
	Wall-flower	Fidelity in adversity.
	Water Lily	Purity of heart.
	Water Melon	Bulkiness.
	Wax Plant	Susceptibility.
	Wheat Stalk	Riches.
	Whin	Anger.
	White Jasmine	Amiableness.
	White Lily	Purity and Modesty.
	White Mullein	Good nature.
	White Oak	Independence.
	White Pink	Talent.
	White Poplar	Time.
	White Rose (dried)	Death preferable to loss of innocence.
	Whortleberry	Treason.
	Willow, Creeping	Love forsaken.
	Willow, Water	Freedom.

Willow, Weeping	Mourning.
Willow-Herb	Pretension.
Willow, French	Bravery and humanity.
Winter Cherry	Deception.
Witch Hazel	A spell.
Woodbine	Fraternal love.
Wood Sorrel	Joy. Maternal tenderness.
Wormwood	Absence.


Xanthium	Rudeness. Pertinacity.
Xeranthemum	Cheerfulness under adversity.


Yew	Sorrow.


Zephyr Flower	Expectation.
Zinnia	Thoughts of absent friends.


Absence	Wormwood.
Abuse not	Crocus.
Acknowledgment	Canterbury Bell.
Activity	Thyme.
Admiration	Amethyst.
Adoration	Dwarf Sunflower
Adroitness	Spider Ophrys.
Adulation	Cacalia.
Advice	Rhubarb.
Affection	Mossy Saxifrage.
Affection	Pear.
Affection	Sorrel.
Affection beyond the grave	Green Locust.
Affection, maternal	Cinquefoil.
Affectation	Cockscomb Amaranth.
Affectation	Morning Glory.
Afterthought	Michaelmas Daisy.
Afterthought	Starwort.
Afterthought	China Aster.
Agreement	Straw.
Age	Guelder Rose.
Agitation	Moving Plant.
Agitation	Sainfoin.
Alas! for my poor heart	Deep Red Carnation.
Always cheerful	Coreopsis.
Always lovely	Indian Pink (double).
Ambassador of love	Cabbage Rose.
Amiability	Jasmine.
Anger	Whin.
Animosity	St. John's Wort.
Anticipation	Gooseberry.
Anxious and trembling	Red Columbine.
Ardour	Cuckoo Plant.
Argument	Fig.
Arts or artifice	Acanthus.
Assiduous to please	Sprig of Ivy with tendrils.
Assignation	Pimpernel.
Attachment	Indian Jasmine.
Audacity	Larch.
Avarice	Scarlet Auricula.
Aversion	China or Indian Pink.
Bantering	Southern-wood.
Baseness	Dodder of Thyme.
Bashfulness	Peony.
Bashful shame	Deep Red Rose.
Beautiful eyes	Variegated Tulip.
Beauty	Party-coloured Daisy.
Beauty always new	China Rose.
Beauty, capricious	Lady's Slipper.
Beauty, capricious	Musk Rose.
Beauty, delicate	Flower of an Hour.
Beauty, delicate	Hibiscus.
Beauty, divine	American Cowslip.
Beauty, glorious	Glory Flower.
Beauty, lasting	Stock.
Beauty, magnificent	Calla Æthiopica.
Beauty, mental	Clematis.
Beauty, modest	Trillium Pictum.
Beauty, neglected	Throatwort.
Beauty, pensive	Laburnum.
Beauty, rustic	French Honeysuckle.
Beauty, unconscious	Burgundy Rose.
Beauty is your only attraction	Japan Rose.
Belle	Orchis.
Be mine	Four-leaved Clover.
Beneficence	Marshmallow.
Benevolence	Potato.
Betrayed	White Catchfly.
Beware	Oleander.
Beware	Rosebay.
Blackness	Ebony Tree.
Bluntness	Borage.
Blushes	Marjoram.
Boaster	Hydrangea.
Boldness	Pink.
Bonds	Convolvulus.
Bonds of Affection	Gillyflower.
Bravery	Oak Leaves.
Bravery and humanity	French Willow.
Bridal favour	Ivy Geranium.
Brilliant complexion	Damask Rose.
Bulk	Water Melon. Gourd.
Busybody	Quamoclit.
Bury me amid Nature's beauties	Persimon.
Call me not beautiful	Rose Unique.
Calm repose	Buckbean.
Calumny	Hellebore.
Calumny	Madder.
Change	Pimpernel.
Changeable disposition	Rye Grass.
Charity	Turnip.
Charming	Cluster of Musk Roses.
Charms, deceitful	Thorn Apple.
Cheerfulness in old age	American Starwort.
Cheerfulness under adversity	Chinese Chrysanthemum.
Chivalry	Monkskood (Helmet Flower).
Cleanliness	Hyssop.
Coldheartedness	Lettuce.
Coldness	Agnus Castus.
Colour of my life	Coral Honeysuckle.
Come down	Jacob's Ladder.
Comfort	Pear Tree.
Comforting	Scarlet Geranium.
Compassion	Allspice.
Concealed love	Motherwort.
Concert	Nettle Tree.
Concord	Lote Tree.
Confession of love	Moss Rosebud.
Confidence	Hepatica.
Confidence	Lilac Polyanthus.
Confidence	Liverwort.
Confidence in Heaven	Flowering Reed.
Conjugal love	Lime, or Linden Tree.
Consolation	Red Poppy.
Constancy	Bluebell.
Consumed by love	Syrian Mallow.
Counterfeit	Mock Orange.
Courage	Black Poplar.
Crime	Tamarisk.
Cure	Balm of Gilead.
Cure for heartache	Swallow-wort.
Curiosity	Sycamore.
Danger	Rhododendron. Rosebay.
Dangerous Pleasures	Tuberose.
Death	Cypress.
Death preferable to loss of innocence	White Rate (dried).
Deceit	Apocynum.
Deceit	Flytrap.
Deceit	Dogsbane.
Deceitful charms	Thorn Apple.
Deception	White Cherry Tree.
Declaration of love	Red Tulip.
Decrease of love	Yellow Rose.
Delay	Eupatorium.
Delicacy	Bluebottle. Centaury.
Dejection	Lichen.
Desire to please	Mezereon.
Despair	Cypress.
Despondency	Humble Plant.
Devotion	Peruvian Heliotrope.
Difficulty	Blackthorn.
Dignity	Cloves.
Dignity	Laurel-leaved Magnolia.
Disappointment	Carolina Syringa.
Disdain	Yellow Carnation.
Disdain	Rue.
Disgust	Frog Ophrys.
Dissension	Pride of China.
Distinction	Cardinal Flower.
Distrust	Lavender.
Divine beauty	American Cowslip.
Docility	Rush.
Domestic industry	Flax.
Domestic virtue	Sage.
Durability	Dogwood.
Duration	Cornel Tree.
Early attachment	Thornless Rose
Early friendship	Blue Periwinkle.
Early youth	Primrose.
Elegance	Locust Tree.
Elegance and grace	Yellow Jasmine.
Elevation	Scotch Fir.
Eloquence	Indian Lagerstræmia.
Enchantment	Holly Herb.
Enchantment	Vervain.
Energy in adversity	Camomile.
Envy	Bramble.
Error	Bee Ophrys.
Error	Fly Orchis.
Esteem	Garden Sage.
Esteem not love	Spiderwort.
Esteem and love	Strawberry Tree.
Estranged love	Lotus Flower.
Excellence	Camellia Japonica.
Expectation	Anemone.
Expectation	Zephyr Flower.
Expected meeting	Nutmeg Geranium.
Extent	Gourd.
Extinguished hopes	Major Convolvulus.
Facility	Germander Speedwell.
Fairies' fire	Pyrus Japonica.
Faithfulness	Blue Violet.
Faithfulness	Heliotrope.
Falsehood	Buglass.
Falsehood	Yellow Lily.
Falsehood	Manchineal Tree.
Fame	Tulip. Trumpet Flower.
Fame speaks him great and good	Apple Blossom.
Fantastic extravagance	Scarlet Poppy.
Farewell	Michaelmas Daisy.
Fascination	Fern.
Fascination	Honesty.
Fashion	Queen's Rocket.
Fecundity	Hollyhock.
Felicity	Sweet Sultan.
Female fidelity	Speedwell.
Festivity	Parsley.
Fickleness	Abatina.
Fickleness	Pink Larkspur.
Filial love	Virgin's bower.
Fidelity	Veronica. Ivy.
Fidelity	Plum Tree.
Fidelity in adversity	Wall-flower.
Fidelity in love	Lemon Blossoms.
Fire	Fleur-de-Luce.
First emotions of love	Purple Lilac.
Flame	Fleur-de-lis. Iris.
Flattery	Venus' Looking-glass.
Flee away	Pennyroyal.
Fly with me	Venus' Car.
Folly	Columbine.
Foppery	Cockscomb Amaranth.
Foolishness	Pomegranate.
Foresight	Holly.
Forgetfulness	Moonwort.
Forget me not	Forget Me Not.
For once may pride befriend me	Tiger Flower.
Forsaken	Garden Anemone.
Forsaken	Laburnum.
Frankness	Osier.
Fraternal love	Woodbine.
Freedom	Water Willow.
Freshness	Damask Rose.
Friendship	Acacia.
Friendship, early	Blue Periwinkle.
Friendship, true	Oak-leaved Geranium.
Friendship, unchanging	Arbor Vitæ.
Frivolity	London Pride.
Frugality	Chicory. Endive.
Gaiety	Butterfly Orchis.
Gaiety	Yellow Lily.
Gallantry	Sweet William.
Generosity	Orange Tree.
Generous and devoted affection	French Honeysuckle.
Genius	Plane Tree.
Gentility	Corn Cockle.
Girlhood	White Rosebud.
Gladness	Myrrh.
Glory	Bay Tree.
Glory	Laurel.
Glorious beauty	Glory Flower.
Goodness	Bonus Henricus.
Goodness	Mercury.
Good education	Cherry Tree.
Good wishes	Sweet Basil.
Goodnature	White Mullein.
Gossip	Cobæa.
Grace	Multiflora Rose.
Grace and elegance	Yellow Jasmine.
Grandeur	Ash Tree
Gratitude	Small White Bell-flower.
Grief	Harebell.
Grief	Marigold.
Happy love	Bridal Rose.
Hatred	Basil.
Haughtiness	Purple Larkspur.
Haughtiness	Tall Sunflower.
Health	Iceland Moss.
Hermitage	Milkwort.
Hidden worth	Coriander.
Honesty	Honesty.
Hope	Flowering Almond.
Hope	Hawthorn.
Hope	Snowdrop.
Hope in adversity	Spruce Pine.
Hopeless love	Yellow Tulip.
Hopeless, not heartless	Love Lies Bleating.
Horror	Mandrake.
Horror	Dragonswort.
Horror	Snakesfoot.
Hospitality	Oak Tree.
Humility	Broom.
Humility	Small Bindweed.
Humility	Field Lilac.
I am too happy	Cape Jasmine.
I am your captive	Peach Blossom.
I am worthy of you	White Rose.
I change but in death	Bay Leaf.
I declare against you	Belvedere.
I declare against you	Liquorice.
I declare war against you	Wild Tansy.
I die if neglected	Laurestina.
I desire a return of affection	Jonquil.
I feel my obligations	Lint.
I feel your kindness	Flax.
I have lost all	Mourning Bride.
I live for thee	Cedar Leaf.
I love	Red Chrysanthemum.
I partake of your sentiments	Double China Aster.
I partake your sentiments	Garden Daisy.
I shall die to-morrow	Gum Cistus.
I shall not survive you	Black Mulberry.
I surmount difficulties	Mistletoe.
I will think of it	Single China Aster.
I will think of it	Wild Daisy.
I wound to heal	Eglantine (Sweetbrier).
If you love me, you will find it out	Maiden Blush Rose.
Idleness	Mesembryanthemum.
Ill-natured beauty	Citron.
Imagination	Lupine.
Immortality	Amaranth (Globe).
Impatience	yellow Balsam.
Impatient of absence	Corchorus.
Impatient resolves	Red Balsam.
Imperfection	Henbane.
Importunity	Burdock.
Inconstancy	Evening Primrose.
Incorruptible	Cedar of Lebanon.
Independence	Wild Plum Tree.
Independence	White Oak.
Indifference	Everflowering Candytuft.
Indifference	Mustard Seed.
Indifference	Pigeon Berry.
Indifference	Senvy.
Indiscretion	Split Reed.
Industry	Red Clover.
Industry, Domestic	Flax.
Ingenuousness	White Pink.
Ingenuity	Pencilled Geranium.
Ingenuous simplicity	Mouse-eared Chickweed.
Ingratitude	Crowfoot.
Innocence	Daisy.
Insincerity	Foxglove.
Insinuation	Great Bindweed.
Inspiration	Angelica.
Instability	Dahlia.
Intellect	Walnut.
Intoxication	Vine.
Irony	Sardony.
Jealousy	French Marigold.
Jealousy	Yellow Rose.
Jest	Southernwood.
Joy	Wood Sorrel.
Joys to come	Lesser Celandine.
Justice	Rudbeckia.
Justice shall be done to you	Coltsfoot.
Justice shall be done to you	Sweet-scented Tussilage.
Knight-errantry	Helmet Flower (Monkshood).
Lamentation	Aspon Tree.
Lasting beauty	Stock.
Lasting pleasures	Everlasting Pea.
Let me go	Butterfly Weed.
Levity	Larkspur.
Liberty	Live Oak.
Life	Lucern.
Lightheartedness	Shamrock.
Lightness	Larkspur.
Live for me	Arbor Vitæ.
Love	Myrtle.
Love	Rose.
Love, forsaken	Creeping Willow.
Love, returned	Ambrosia.
Love is dangerous	Carolina Rose.
Lustre	Aconite-leaved Crowfoot, or Fair Maid of France.
Luxury	Chesnut Tree.
Magnificent beauty	Calla, Æthiopica.
Majesty	Crown Imperial.
Malevolence	Lobelia.
Marriage	Ivy.
Maternal affection	Cinquefoil.
Maternal love	Moss.
Maternal tenderness	Wood Sorrel.
Matrimony	American Linden.
May you be happy	Volkamenia
Meanness	Cuscuta.
Meekness	Birch.
Melancholy	Dark Geranium.
Melancholy	Dead Leaves.
Mental beauty	Clematis.
Mental beauty	Kennedia.
Message	Iris.
Mildness	Mallow.
Mirth	Saffron Crocus.
Misanthropy	Aconite (Wolfsbane).
Misanthropy	Fuller's Teasel.
Modest beauty	Trillium Pictum.
Modest genius	Creeping Cereus.
Modesty	Violet.
Modesty and purity	White Lily.
Momentary happiness	Virginian Spiderwort.
Mourning	Weeping Willow
Music	Bundles of Reed with their panicles.
My best days are past	Colchicum, or Meadow Saffron.
My regrets follow you to the grave	Asphodel.
Neatness	Broom.
Neglected beauty	Throatwort.
Never-ceasing remembrance	Everlasting.
Old age	Tree of Life.
Only deserve my love	Campion Rose.
Painful recollections	Flos Adonis.
Painting	Auricula.
Painting the lily	Daphne Odora.
Passion	White Dittany.
Paternal error	Cardamine.
Patience	Dock. Ox Eye.
Patriotism	American Elm.
Patriotism	Nasturtium.
Peace	Olive.
Perfected loveliness	Camellia Japonica, White.
Perfidy	Common Laurel, in flower.
Pensive beauty	Laburnum.
Perplexity	Love in a Mist.
Persecution	Chequered Fritillary.
Perseverance	Swamp Magnolia.
Persuasion	Althea Frutex.
Persuasion	Syrian Mallow.
Pertinacity	Clotbur.
Pity	Pine.
Pleasure and pain	Dog Rose.
Pleasure, lasting	Everlasting Pea.
Pleasures of memory	White Periwinkle.
Popular favour	Cistus, or Rock Rose.
Poverty	Evergreen Clematis.
Power	Imperial Montague.
Power	Cress.
Precaution	Golden Rod.
Prediction	Prophetic Marigold.
Pretension	Spited Willow Herb.
Pride	Amaryllis.
Pride	Hundred-leaved Rose.
Privation	Indian Plum.
Privation	Myrobalan.
Profit	Cabbage.
Prohibition	Privet.
Prolific	Fig Tree.
Promptness	Ten-week Stock.
Prosperity	Beech Tree.
Protection	Bearded Crepis.
Prudence	Mountain Ash.
Pure love	Single Red Pink.
Pure and ardent love	Double Red Pink.
Pure and lovely	Red Rosebud.
Purity	Star of Bethlehem.
Quarrel	Broken Corn-straw.
Quicksightedness	Hawk-weed.
Reason	Goat's Rue.
Recantation	Lotus Leaf.
Recall	Silver-leaved Geranium.
Reconciliation	Filbert.
Reconciliation	Hazel.
Refusal	Striped Carnation.
Regard	Daffodil.
Relief	Balm of Gilead.
Relieve my anxiety	Christmas Rose.
Religious superstition	Aloe.
Religious superstition	Passion Flower.
Religious enthusiasm	Schinus.
Remembrance	Rosemary.
Remorse	Bramble.
Remorse	Raspberry.
Rendezvous	Chickweed.
Reserve	Maple.
Resistance	Tremella Nestoc.
Restoration	Persicaria.
Retaliation	Scotch Thistle.
Return of happiness	Lily of the Valley.
Revenge	Birdsfoot Trefoil.
Reverie	Flowering Fern.
Reward of merit	Bay Wreath.
Reward of virtue	Garland of Roses.
Riches	Corn.
Rigour	Lantana.
Rivalry	Rocket.
Rudeness	Clotbur.
Rudeness	Xanthium.
Rural happiness	Yellow Violet.
Rustic beauty	French Honeysuckle.
Rustic oracle	Dandelion.
Sadness	Dead Leaves.
Safety	Traveller's Joy.
Satire	Prickly Pear.
Sculpture	Hoya.
Secret Love	Yellow Acacia.
Semblance	Spiked Speedwell.
Sensitiveness	Mimosa.
Sensuality	Spanish Jasmine.
Separation	Carolina Jasmine.
Severity	Branch of Thorns.
Shame	Peony.
Sharpness	Barberry Tree.
Sickness	Anemone (Zephyr Flower).
Silliness	Fool's Parsley.
Simplicity	American Sweetbrier.
Sincerity	Garden Chervil.
Slighted love	Yellow Chrysanthemum.
Snare	Catchfly. Dragon Plant.
Solitude	Heath.
Sorrow	Yew.
Sourness of Temper	Barberry.
Spell	Circæa.
Spleen	Fumitory.
Splendid beauty	Amaryllis.
Splendour	Austurtium.
Sporting	Fox-tail Grass.
Stedfast Piety	Wild Geranium.
Stoicism	Box Tree.
Strength	Cedar. Fennel.
Submission	Grass.
Submission	Harebell.
Success crown your wishes	Coronella.
Succour	Juniper.
Sunbeaming eyes	Scarlet Lychnis.
Surprise	Truffle.
Susceptibility	Wax Plant.
Suspicion	Champignon.
Sympathy	Balm.
Sympathy	Thrift.
Talent	White Pink.
Tardiness	Flax-leaved Goldy-locks.
Taste	Scarlet Fuchsia.
Tears	Helenium.
Temperance	Azalea.
Temptation	Apple.
Thankfulness	Agrimony.
The colour of my fate	Coral Honeysuckle.
The heart's mystery	Crimson Polyanthus.
The perfection of female loveliness	Justicia.
The witching soul of music	Oats.
Thoughts	Pansy.
Thoughts of absent friends	Zinnia.
Thy frown wilt kill me	Currant.
Thy smile I aspire to	Daily Rose.
Ties	Tendrils of Climbing Plants.
Timidity	Amaryllis.
Timidity	Marvel of Peru.
Time	White Poplar.
Tranquillity	Mudwort.
Tranquillity	Stonecrop.
Tranquillize my anxiety	Christmas Rose.
Transient beauty	Night-blooming Cereus.
Transient impressions	Withered White Rose.
Transport of joy	Cape Jasmine.
Treachery	Bilberry.
True love	Forget Me Not.
True Friendship	Oak-leaved Geranium.
Truth	Bittersweet Nightshade.
Truth	White Chrysanthemum.
Unanimity	Phlox.
Unbelief	Judas Tree.
Unceasing remembrance	American Cudweed.
Unchanging friendship	Arbor Vitæ.
Unconscious beauty	Burgundy Rose.
Unexpected meeting	Lemon Geranium.
Unfortunate attachment	Mourning Bride.
Unfortunate love	Scabious.
Union	Whole Straw.
Unity	White and Red Rose together.
Unpatronized merit	Red Primrose.
Uselessness	Meadowsweet.
Utility	Grass.
Variety	China Aster.
Variety	Mundi Rose.
Vice	Darnel (Ray Grass).
Victory	Palm.
Virtue	Mint.
Virtue, Domestic	Sage.
Volubility	Abecedary.
Voraciousness	Lupine.
Vulgar Minds	African Marigold.
War	York and Lancaster Rose.
War	Achillea Millefolia.
Warlike trophy	Indian Cress.
Warmth of feeling	Peppermint.
Watchfulness	Dame Violet.
Weakness	Moschatel
Weakness	Musk Plant.
Welcome to a stranger	American Starwort.
Widowhood	Sweet Scabious.
Win me and wear me	Lady's Slipper.
Winning grace	Cowslip.
Winter	Guelder Rose.
Wit	Meadow Lychnis.
Wit ill-timed	Wild Sorrel.
Witchcraft	Enchanter's Nightshade.
Worth beyond beauty	Sweet Alyssum.
Worth sustained by judicious and tender affection	Pink Convolvulus.
Worthy all praise	Fennel.
You are cold	Hortensia.
You are my divinity	American Cowslip.
You are perfect	Pine Apple.
You are radiant with charms	Ranunculus.
You are rich in attractions	Garden Ranunculus.
You are the queen of coquettes	Queen's Rocket.
You have no claims	Pasque Flower.
You please all	Branch of Currants.
You will be my death.	Hemlock.
Your charms are engraven on my heart	Spindle Tree.
Your looks freeze me	Ice Plant.
Your presence softens my pains	Milkvetch.
Your purity equals your loveliness	Orange Blossoms.
Your qualities, like your charms, are unequalled	Peach.
Your qualities surpass your charms	Mignionette.
Youthful innocence	White Lilac.
Youthful love	Red Catchfly.
Zealousness	Elder.
Zest	Lemon.

The Language of Flowers

DAFFODILS.

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host of golden Daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle in the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Outdid the sparkling waves in glee;
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company;
I gazed and gazed, but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought!

For oft when on my couch I lie,
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the Daffodils.

Wordsworth.

THE ROSE.

Go, lovely Rose!
Tell her that wastes her time on me,
That now she knows,
When I resemble her to thee,
How sweet and fair she seems to be.

Tell her that's young.
And shuns to have her graces spied,
That hadst thou sprung
In deserts where no men abide,
Thou must have uncommended died.

Small is the worth
Of beauty from the light retired;
Bid her come forth,
Suffer herself to be desired,
And not blush so to be admired.

Then die, that she
The common fate of all things rare
May read in thee;
How small a part of time they share
That are so wondrous sweet and fair,

Yet, though thou fade,
From thy dead leaves let fragrance rise
And teach the maid
That goodness Time's rude hand defies;
That virtue lives when beauty dies.

Waller.

THE SENSITIVE PLANT.

A Sensitive Plant in a garden grew,
And the young winds fed it with silver dew,
And it opened its fan-like leaves to the light,
And closed them beneath the kisses of Night.
* * * * * *
But none ever trembled and panted with bliss
In the garden, the field, or the wilderness,
Like doe in the noontide with love's sweet want,
As the companionless Sensitive Plant.

The snowdrop, and then the violet,
Arose from the ground with warm rain wet,
And their breath was mixed with fresh odour, sent,
From the turf, like the voice and the instrument.

Then the pied wind-flowers and the tulip tall,
And narcissi, the fairest among them all,
Who gaze on their eyes in the stream's recess,
Till they die of their own dear loveliness.

And the naiad-like lily of the vale.
Whom youth makes so fair and passion so pale,
That the light of its tremulous bells is seen
Through their pavilions of tender green;

And the hyacinth purple, and white, and blue,
Which flung from its bells a sweet peal anew
Of music so delicate, soft and intense,
It was felt like an odour within the sense!

And the rose like a nymph to the bath addrest,
Which unveiled the depth of her glowing breast,
Till, fold after fold, to the fainting air
The soul of her beauty and love lay bare;

And the wand-like lily, which lifted up,
As a Mænad, its moonlight-coloured cup,
Till the fiery star, which is its eye,
Gazed through the clear dew on the tender sky;

And the jessamine faint, and the sweet tuberose,
The sweetest flower for scent that blows;
And all rare blossoms from every clime
Grew in that garden in perfect prime.

The Sensitive Plant, which could give small fruit
Of the love which it felt from the leaf to the root,
Received more than all [flowers], it loved more than ever,
Where none wanted but it, could belong to the giver—

For the Sensitive Plant has no bright flower;
Radiance and odour are not its dower;
It loves, even like Love its deep heart is full,
It desires what it has not, the beautiful!
* * * * * *
Each and all like ministering angels were
For the Sensitive Plant sweet joy to bear.
Whilst the lagging hours of the day went by
Like windless clouds o'er a tender sky.

And when evening descended from heaven above,
And the earth was all rest, and the air was all love,
And delight, though less bright, was far more deep,
And the day's veil fell from the world of sleep,
* * * * * *
The Sensitive Plant was the earliest
Up-gathered into the bosom of rest;
A sweet child weary of its delight,
The feeblest, and yet the favourite,
Cradled within the embrace of night.

Shelley.

O LUVE WILL VENTURE IN, &c.

Tune—"The Posie."

O luve will venture in, where it daur na weel be seen,
O luve will venture in, where wisdom ance has been;
But I will down yon river rove, amang the wood sae green,
And a' to pu' a posie to my ain dear May.

The primrose I will pu', the firstling o' the year,
And I will pu' the pink, the emblem o' my dear,
For she's the pink o' womankind, and blooms without a peer;
And a' to be a posie to my ain dear May.

I'll pu' the budding rose, when Phœbus peeps in view,
For it's like a baumy kiss o' her sweet bonnie mou;
The hyacinth's for constancy w' its unchanging blue,
And a' to be a posie to my ain dear May.

The lily it is pure, and the lily it is fair.
And in her lovely bosom I'll place the lily there;
The daisy's for simplicity and unaffected air,
And a' to be a posie to my ain dear May.

The hawthorn I will pu', wi' its locks o' siller grey,
Where, like an aged man, it stands at break o' day,
But the songster's nest within the bush I winna tak away;
And a' to be a posie to my ain dear May.

The woodbine I will pu' when the e'ening star is near,
And the diamond-drops o' dew shall be her e'en sae clear:
The violet's for modesty which weel she fa's to wear,
And a' to be a posie to my ain dear May.

I'll tie the posie round w' the silken band o' luve,
And I'll place it in her breast, and I'll swear by a' above,
That to my latest draught o' life the band shall ne'er remuve.
And this will be a posie to my ain dear May.

Burns.

MY NANNIE'S AWA.

Tune—"There'll never be peace" &c.

Now in her green mantle blithe Nature arrays.
And listens the lambkins that bleat o'er the braes,
While birds warble welcome in ilka green shaw;
But to me it's delightless—my Nannie's awa.

The snaw-drap and primrose our woodlands adorn,
And violets bathe in the weet o' the morn;
They pain my sad bosom, sae sweetly they blaw,
They mind me o' Nannie—and Nannie's awa.

Thou lav'rock that springs frae the dews of the lawn,
The shepherd to warn o' the grey-breaking dawn,
And thou mellow mavis that hails the night-fa',
Give over for pity—my Nannie 's awa.

Come, autumn, sae pensive, in yellow and grey,
And sooth me wi' tidings o' Nature's decay;
The dark, dreary winter, and wild-driving snaw,
Alane can delight me—now Nannie's awa,

Burns.

THEIR GROVES, &c.

Tune—"Humours of Glen."

Their groves o' sweet myrtle let foreign lands reckon,
Where bright-beaming summers exalt the perfume;
Far dearer to me yon lone glen o' green breckan,
Wi' the burn stealing under the lang yellow broom.

Far dearer to me are yon humble broom bowers,
Where the blue-bell and gowan lurk lowly unseen;
For there, lightly tripping amang the wild flowers,
A listening the linnet, aft wanders my Jean.

Burns.

TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY,

On turning one down with a plough, in April 1786.

Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r,
Thou's met me in an evil hour;
For I maun crush amang the stoure
Thy slender stem;
To spare thee now is past my po'w'r,
Thou bonnie gem.

Alas! it's no thy neebor sweet,
The bonnie Lark, companion meet!
Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet!
Wi' spreckled breast,
When upward-springing, blythe, to greet
The purpling east.

Could blew the bitter-biting north
Upon thy early, humble birth;
Yet cheerfully thou glinted forth
Amid the storm,
Scarce rear'd above the parent earth
Thy tender form.

The flaunting flow'rs our gardens yield,
High shelt'ring woods and wa's maun shield,
But thou beneath the random bield
O' clod or stane,
Adorns the histie stibble-field,
Unseen, alane.

There, in thy scanty mantle clad,
Thy snawy bosom sun-ward spread,
Thou lifts thy unassuming head
In humble guise;
But now the share uptears thy bed,
And low thou lies!

Such is the fate of artless Maid,
Sweet flow'ret of the rural shade!
By love's simplicity betray'd,
And guileless trust,
Till she, like thee, all soil'd, is laid
Low i' the dust.

Such is the fate of simple Bard,
On life's rough ocean luckless starr'd!
Unskilful he to note the card
Of prudent lore,
Till billows rage, and gales blow hard,
And whelm him o'er!

Such fate to suffering worth is giv'n,
Who long with wants and woes has striv'n,
By human pride or cunning driv'n,
To mis'ry's brink,
Till wrench'd of ev'ry stay but Heav'n,
He, ruin'd, sink!

Ev'n thou who mourn'st the Daisy's fate,
That fate is thine—no distant date;
Stern Ruin's plough-share drives, elate,
Full on thy bloom,
Till crush'd beneath the furrow's weight,
Shall be thy doom!

Burns.

LAMENT OF MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS.

On the Approach of Spring.

Now Nature hangs her mantle green
On every blooming tree,
And spreads her sheets o' daisies white
Out o'er the grassy lea;
Now Phœbus cheers the crystal streams,
And glads the azure skies;
But nought can glad the weary wight
That fast in durance lies.

Now lav'rocks wake the merry morn,
Aloft on dewy wing;
The merle, in his noontide bow'r,
Makes woodland echoes ring;
The mavis mild wi' many a note,
Sings drowsy day to rest:
In love and freedom they rejoice,
Wi' care nor thrall opprest.

Now blooms the lily by the bank,
The primrose down the brae;
The hawthorn's budding in the glen,
And milk-white is the slae;
The meanest hind in fair Scotland
May rove their sweets amang;
But I, the Queen of a' Scotland,
Maun lie in prison strang.

I was the Queen o' bonnie France,
Where happy I hae been;
Fu' lightly rase I in the morn,
As blythe lay down at e'en;
And I'm the sov'reign of Scotland,
And mony a traitor there;
Yet here I lie in foreign Lands,
And never ending care.

But as for thee, thou false woman,
My sister and my fae,
Grim vengeance, yet, shall whet a sword
That thro' thy soul shall gae:
The weeping blood in woman's breast
Was never known to thee;
Nor th' balm that draps on wounds of woe
Frae woman's pitying e'e.

My son! my son! may kinder stars
Upon thy fortune shine;
And may those pleasures gild thy reign,
That ne'er wad blink on mine!
God keep thee frae thy mother's faes,
Or turn their hearts to thee;
And where thou meet'st thy mother's friend,
Remember him for me!

Oh! soon, to me, may summer-suns
Nae mair light up the morn!
Nae mair, to me, the autumn winds
Wave o'er the yellow corn!
And in the narrow house o' death
Let winter round me rave;
And the next flow'rs that deck the spring,
Bloom on my peaceful grave!

Burns.

RED AND WHITE ROSES.

Read in these Roses the sad story
Of my hard fate, and your own glory;
In the white you may discover
The paleness of a fainting lover;
In the red the flames still feeding
On my heart with fresh wounds bleeding.
The white will tell you how I languish,
And the red express my anguish,
The white my innocence displaying,
The red my martyrdom betraying;
The frowns that on your brow resided,
Have those roses thus divided.
Oh! let your smiles but clear the weather,
And then they both shall grow together.

Cakew.

SONNET.

Sweet is the rose, but growes upon a brere;
Sweet is the Juniper, but sharpe his bough;
Sweet is the Eglantine, but pricketh nere;
Sweet is the Firbloom, but his branches rough;
Sweet is the Cypress, but his rind is tough,
Sweet is the Nut, but bitter is his pill;
Sweet is the Broome-flowere, but yet sowre enough;
And sweet is Moly, but his roote is ill.
So every sweet with sowre is tempred still,
That maketh it be coveted the more:
For easie things that may be got at will,
Most sorts of men doe set but little store.
Why then should I account of little pain,
That endless pleasure shall unto me gaine?

Spenser

TO PRIMROSES

FILLED WITH MORNING DEW.

Why do ye weep, sweet babes? Can tears
Speak grief in you,
Who were but born
Just as the modest morn
Teemed her refreshing dew?
Alas! ye have not known that shower
That mars a flower;
Nor felt the unkind
Breath of a blasting wind;
Nor are ye worn with years;
Or warped as we,
Who think it strange to see
Such pretty flowers, like to orphans young,
Speaking by tears before ye have a tongue.

Speak, whimpering younglings, and make known
The reason why
Ye droop and weep.
Is it for want of sleep,
Or childish lullaby?
Or that ye have not seen as yet
The violet?
Or brought a kiss
From that sweetheart to this?
No, no; this sorrow shown
By your tears shed,
Would have this lecture read:
That things of greatest, so of meanest worth.
Conceived with grief are, and with tears brought forth.

Herrick.

A RED, RED ROSE.

Tune—"Wishaw's favourite."

O, my luve's like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June;
O, my luve's like the melodie
That's sweetly play'd in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in hive am I;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry.

Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt w' the sun;
I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o' life shall run.

And fare thee weel, my only luve!
And fare thee weel a while;
And I will come again, my luve,
Tho' it were ten thousand mile.

Burns.

Virgins promised when I died,
That they would each primrose-tide
Duly, morn and evening, come,
And with flowers dress my tomb.
—Having promised, pay your debts,
Maids, and here strew violets.

Robert Herrick.

Music, when soft voices die,
Vibrates in the memory;
Odours when sweet violets sicken,
Love within the sense they quicken.

Rose leaves, when the rose is dead,
Are heaped for the beloved's bed;
And so thy thoughts when thou art gone,
Love itself shall slumber on.

Shelley.

Radiant sister of the day
Awake! arise! and come away!
To the wild woods and the plains,
To the pools where winter rains
Image all their roof of leaves,
Where the pine its garland weaves
Of sapless green, and ivy dun,
Round stems that never kiss the sun,
Where the lawns and pastures be
And the sandhills of the sea,
Where the melting hoar-frost wets
The daisy star that never sets,
And wind-flowers and violets
Which yet join not scent to hue
Crown the pale year weak and new:
When the night is left behind
In the deep east, dim and blind,
And the blue moon is over us,
And the multitudinous
Billows murmur at our feet,
Where the earth and ocean meet
And all things seem only one
In the universal sun.

P. B. Shelley.

TO DAFFODILS.

Fair Daffodils, we weep to see
You haste away so soon;
As yet, the early-rising sun
Has not attained its noon.
Stay, stay,
Until the hastening day
Has run
But to the even song;
And having prayed together, we
Will go with you along.

We have short time to stay as you,
We have as short a spring;
As quick a growth to meet decay,
As you or any thing.
We die,
As your hours do, and dry
Away,
Like to the summer's rain,
Or as the pearls of morning's dew,
Ne'er to be found again.

Robert Herrick.

CONSTANCY.

Lay a garland on my hearse
Of the dismal yew;
Maidens willow branches bear;
Say, I died true.
My love was false, but I was firm
From my hour of birth.
Upon my buried body lie
Lightly, gentle earth!

Samuel Fletcher.

Mourn, ilka grove the cushat kens!
Ye haz'lly shaws and briery dens!
Ye burnies, wimplin down your glens,
Wi' toddlin din,
Or foaming strang, wi' hasty stens,
Frae lin to lin.

Mourn little harebells o'er the lee;
Ye stately foxgloves fair to see;
Ye woodbines hanging bonnilie,
In scented bow'rs;
Ye roses on your thorny tree,
The first o' flow'rs.

At dawn, when ev'ry grassy blade
Droops with a diamond at his head,
At ev'n, when beans their fragrance shed,
I' th' rustling gale,
Ye maukins whiddin thro' the glade,
Come join my wail.

Mourn, spring, thou darling of the year;
Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear;
Thou, simmer, while each corny spear
Shoots up its head,
Thy gay, green, flow'ry tresses shear,
For him that's dead!

Thou, autumn, wi' thy yellow hair,
In grief thy sallow mantle tear!
Thou, winter, hurling thro' the air
The roaring blast,
Wide o'er the naked world declare
The worth we've lost!

Burns.

TO THE SMALL CELANDINE.

Ppansies, Lilies, King-cups, Daisies,
Let them live upon their praises;
Long as there's a sun that sets,
Primroses will have their glory;
Long as there are Violets,
They will have a place in story;
There's a flower that shall be mine,
'Tis the little Celandine.

Ere a leaf is on the bush,
In the time before the thrush
Has a thought about her nest,
Thou wilt come with half a call,
Spreading out thy glossy breast
Like a careless prodigal;
Telling tales about the sun,
When we've little warmth, or none.

Comfort have thou of thy merit,
Kindly unassuming spirit!
Careless of thy neighbourhood,
Thou dost show thy pleasant face
On the moor, and in the wood,
In the lane—there's not a place,
Howsoever mean it be,
But 'tis good enough for thee.

Ill befall the yellow flowers,
Children of the flaring hours!
Buttercups that will be seen,
Whether we will see or no;
Others, too, of lofty mien,
They have done as worldlings do,
Taken praise that should be thine,
Little, humble Celandine!

Prophet of delight and mirth,
Ill requited upon earth;
Herald of a mighty band,
Of a joyous train ensuing,
Serving at my heart's command,
Tasks that are no tasks renewing;
I will sing, as doth behove,
Hymns in praise of what I love!

Wordsworth.

TO BLOSSOMS.

Ffair pledges of a fruitful tree,
Why do ye fall so fast?
Your date is not so past,
But you may stay yet here awhile
To blush and gently smile,
And go at last.

What, were you born to be,
An hour or half's delight,
And so to bid good-night?
'Twas pity Nature brought ye forth,
Merely to show your worth
And lose you quite.

But you are lovely leaves, where we
May read, how soon things have
Their end, though ne'er so brave;
And after they have shown their pride,
Like you, awhile, they glide
Into the grave.

Herrick.

THE LILY AND THE ROSE.

The nymph must lose her female friend,
If more admired than she—
But where will fierce contention end,
If flowers can disagree.

Within the garden's peaceful scene
Appear'd two lovely foes,
Aspiring to the rank of queen,
The Lily and the Rose.

The Rose soon redden'd into rage,
And, swelling with disdain,
Appeal'd to many a poet's page
To prove her right to reign.

The Lily's height bespoke command,
A fair imperial flower;
She seem'd designed for Flora's hand,
The sceptre of her power.

This civil bick'ring and debate
The goddess chanced to hear,
And flew to save, ere yet too late,
The pride of the parterre.

Yours is, she said, the nobler hue,
And yours the statelier mien;
And, till a third surpasses you,
Let each be deemed a queen.

Thus, soothed and reconciled, each seeks
The fairest British fair:
The seat of empire is her cheeks,
They reign united there.

Cowper.

THE WALL-FLOWER.

Why this flower is now called so,
List, sweet maids, and you shall know.
Understand this firstling was
Once a brisk and bonny lass,
Kept as close as Danae was,
Who a sprightly springald loved;
And to have it fully proved,
Up she got upon a wall,
'Tempting down to slide withal;
But the silken twist untied,
So she fell, and, bruised, she died.
Jove, in pity of the deed,
And her loving, luckless speed,
Turn'd her to this plant we call
Now "the flower of the wall."

Herrick.

THE PRIMROSE.

Ask me why I send you here,
This firstling of the infant year;
Ask me why I send to you
This Primrose all bepearled with dew;
I straight will whisper in your ears,
The sweets of love are washed with tears.

Ask me why this flower doth show
So yellow, green, and sickly too;
Ask me why the stalk is weak
And bending, yet it doth not break;
I must tell you, these discover
What doubts and fears are in a lover.

Carew.

ADONIS SLEEPING,

In midst of all, there lay a sleeping youth
Of fondest beauty. Sideway his face reposed
On one white arm, and tenderly unclosed,
By tenderest pressure, a faint damask mouth
To slumbery pout; just as the morning south
Disparts a dew-lipp'd rose. Above his head,
Four lily stalks did their white honours wed
To make a coronal; and round him grew
All tendrils green, of every bloom and hue,
Together intertwined and trammel'd fresh:
The vine of glossy sprout; the ivy mesh,
Shading its Ethiop berries; and woodbine,
Of velvet leaves, and bugle blooms divine.
Hard by,
Stood serene Cupids watching silently.
One, kneeling to a lyre, touch'd the strings,
Muffling to death the pathos with his wings;
And, ever and anon, uprose to look
At the youth's slumber; while another took
A willow bough, distilling odorous dew,
And shook it on his hair; another flew
In through the woven roof, and fluttering-wise,
Rain'd violets upon his sleeping eyes.

Keats.

Modonna, wherefore hast thou sent to me
Sweet Basil and Mignonette,
Embleming love and health, which never yet
In the same wreath might be.
Alas, and they are wet!
Is it with thy kisses or thy tears?
For never rain or dew
Such fragrance drew
From plant or flower; the very doubt endears
My sadness ever new,
The sighs I breathe, the tears I shed, for thee.

P. B. Shelley.

There grew pied Wind-flowers and Violets,
Daisies, those pearl'd Arcturi of the earth,
The constellated flowers that never set;
Faint Oxlips; tender Blue-bells, at whose birth
The sod scarce heaved; and that tall flower that wets
Its mother's face with Heaven-collected tears,
When the low wind, its playmate's voice, it hears.

And in the warm hedge grew lush Eglantine,
Green Cow-bind and the moonlight-colour'd May
And cherry blossoms, and white cups, whose wine
Was the bright dew yet drained not by the day;
And Wild Roses, and Ivy serpentine
With its dark buds and leaves, wandering astray,
And flowers azure, black, and streaked with gold,
Fairer than any wakened eyes behold.

And nearer to the river's trembling edge
There grew broad flag-flowers, purple prankt with white,
And starry river buds among the sedge,
And floating Water-lilies, broad and bright,
Which lit the oak that overhung the hedge
With moonlight beams of their own watery light;
And bulrushes, and reeds of such deep green
As soothed the dazzled eye with sober sheen.

P. B. Shelley.

Fade, Flow'rs! fade, Nature will have it so;
'Tis but what we must in our autumn do!
And as your leaves lie quiet on the ground,
The loss alone by those that lov'd them found;
So in the grave shall we as quiet lie,
Miss'd by some few that lov'd our company;
But some so like to thorns and nettles live,
That none for them can, when they perish, grieve.

Waller.

ARRANGEMENT OF A BOUQUET.

Here damask Roses, white and red,
Out of my lap first take I,
Which still shall run along the thread,
My chiefest flower this make I.

Amongst these Roses in a row,
Next place I Pinks in plenty,
These double Pansies then for show;
And will not this be dainty?

The pretty Pansy then I'll tie,
Like stones some chain inchasing;
And next to them, their near ally,
The purple Violet placing.

The curious choice clove July flower,
Whose kind hight the Carnation,
For sweetnest of most sovereign power,
Shall help my wreath to fashion;

Whose sundry colours of one kind,
First from one root derived,
Them in their several suits I'll bind:
My garland so contrived.

A course of Cowslips then I'll stick,
And here and there (though sparely)
The pleasant Primrose down I'll prick,
Like pearls that will show rarely;

Then with these Marigolds I'll make
My garland somewhat swelling,
These Honeysuckles then I'll take,
Whose sweets shall help their smelling.

The Lily and the Fleur-de-lis,
For colour much contending;
For that I them do only prize,
They are but poor in scenting.

The Daffodil most dainty is,
To match with these in meetness;
The Columbine compared to this,
All much alike for sweetness.

These in their natures only are
Fit to emboss the border.
Therefore I'll take especial care
To place them in their order:

Sweet-williams, Campions, Sops-in-wine,
One by another neatly;
Thus have I made this wreath of mine,
And finished it featly.

Nicholas Drayton.

THE CHERRY.

There is a garden in her face,
Where roses and white lilies grow;
A heavenly paradise is that place,
Wherein all pleasant fruits do grow;
There cherries grow that none may buy
Till cherry ripe themselves do cry.

Those cherries fairly do enclose
Of orient pearl a double row,
Which, when her lovely laughter shows,
They look like rosebuds fill'd with snow;
Yet them no peer nor prince may buy
Till cherry ripe themselves do cry.

Her eyes like angels watch them still,
Her brows like bended bows do stand,
Threatening with piercing frowns to kill
All that approach with eye or hand
These sacred cherries to come nigh,
Till cherry ripe themselves do cry.

Richard Allison

THE GARLAND.

The pride of every grove I chose,
The violet sweet and lily fair,
The dappled pink and blushing rose,
To deck my charming Cloe's hair.

At morn the nymph vouchaf'd to place
Upon her brow the various wreath;
The flowers less blooming than her face,
The scent less fragrant than her breath.

The flowers she wore along the day;
And every nymph and shepherd said,
That in her hair they look'd more gay
Than glowing in their native bed.

Undrest, at ev'ning, when she found
Their odours lost, their colours past;
She chang'd her look, and on the ground
Her garland and her eye she cast.

That eye dropt sense distinct and clear,
As any muse's tongue could speak,
When from its lid a pearly tear
Ran trickling down her beauteous cheek.

Dissembling what I knew too well;
My love! my life! said I, explain
This change of humour; pray thee tell:
That falling tear.—What does it mean?

She sigh'd, she smil'd; and to the flowers
Pointing, the lovely moralist said:
See! friend, in some few fleeting hours,
See yonder, what a change is made!

Ah me! the blooming pride of May,
And that of beauty are but one:
At morn both flourish bright and gay,
Both fade at ev'ning, pale, and gone!

At dawn poor Stella danc'd and sung;
The am'rous youth around her bow'd;
At night her fatal knell was rung!
I saw and kiss'd her in her shroud;

Such as she is, who dy'd to-day,
Such I, alas! may be to-morrow;
Go, Damon, bid thy muse display
The justice of thy Cloe's sorrow.

Prior.

TO THE VIRGINS, TO MAKE

MUCH OF TIME

Gather ye rose-buds while ye may:
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles to-day,
To-morrow will be dying.

The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,
The higher he's a-getting,
The sooner will his race be run,
And nearer he's to setting.

That age is best, which is the first,
When youth and blood are warmer;
But being spent, the worse and worst
Times will succeed the former.

—Then be not coy, but use your time,
And while ye may, go marry;
For having lost but once your prime,
You may for ever tarry.

Robert Herrick.

SONG OF MAY MORNING.

Now the bright morning-star, day's harbinger,
Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her
The flowery May, who from her green lap throws
The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose.
Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire
Mirth, and youth, and warm desire;
Woods and groves are of thy dressing,
Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing.
Thus we salute thee with our early song,
And welcome thee, and wish thee long.

Milton.

Among the myrtles as I walk'd,
Love and my Sight thus intertalk'd:
Tell me, said I, in deep distress,
Where I may find my Shepherdess?
—Thou Fool, said Love, know'st thou not this?
In everything that's sweet she is.
In yon'd Carnation go and seek,
There thou shalt find her lips and cheek;
In that enamell'd Pansy by,
There thou shalt have her curious eye;
In bloom of Peach and Rose's bud
There waves the streamer of her blood.
—'Tis true, said I; and thereupon
I went to pluck them one by one,
To make of parts an unión;
But on a sudden all were gone.
At which I stopp'd; said Love, these be
The true resemblance of Thee;
For as these Flowers, thy joys must die;
And in the turning of an eye;
And all thy hopes of her must wither,
Like those short sweets here knit together.

Robert Herrick.

FRAGMENT, IN WITHERSPOON'S

COLLECTION OF SCOTCH SONGS.

Tune—"Hughie Graham"

"O gin my love were yon red rose,
"That grows upon the castle wa';
"And I mysel' a drap o' dew,
"Into her bonnie breast to fa'!

"Oh, there beyond expression blest,
"I'd feast on beauty a' the night;
"Seal'd on her silk-saft faulds to rest,
"Till fley'd awa by Phœbus' light."

O were my love yon lilac fair,
Wi' purple blossoms to the spring;
And I, a bird to shelter there,
When wearied on my little wing;

How I wad mourn, when it was torn
By autumn wild, and winter rude!
But I wad sing on wanton wing,
When youthfu' May its bloom renew'd.[*]

[*] These stanzas were added by Burns.

THE DAISY.

Of all the floures in the mede
Than love I most these floures white and rede
Soch that men callen Daisies in our town,
To hem I have so great affection,
As I sayd erst, when comen is the Maie.
That in my bedde there daweth me no daie,
That I n'am up and walking in the mede
To see this floure ayenst the Sunne sprede;
Whan it up riseth early by the morrow,
That blissful sight softeneth all my sorrow.

Chaucer.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

			Page
A	Acacia	Friendship.	7
B	Bladder Nut Tree	Frivolity. Amusement.	9
C	Cowslip, American	Divine beauty. You are my divinity.	11
D	Dead Leaves	Sadness.	15
E	Enchanter's Nightshade	Witchcraft. Sorcery.	16
F	Fig Marigold	Idleness.	17
G	Grape, Wild	Charity.	19
H	Hyacinth	Sport. Game. Play.	21
I	Indian Jasmine (Ipomœa)	Attachment.	23
J	Jacob's Ladder	Come down.	24
K	Kennedia	Mental beauty.	25
L	Larkspur, Purple	Naughtiness.	26
M	Moss	Maternal love.	28
N	Nettle Tree	Concert.	30
O	Osmunda	Dreams.	31
P	Periwinkle, Blue	Early friendship.	32
Q	Queen's Rocket	You are the Queen of Coquettes. Fashion.	35
R	Rose	Love.	36
S	Southernwood	Jest. Bantering.	38
T	Thrift	Sympathy.	40
V	Veronica	Fidelity.	42
W	Wood Sorrel	Joy. Maternal tenderness.	43
X	Xeranthemum	Cheerfulness under adversity.	45
Y	Yew	Sorrow.	46
Z	Zephyr Flower	Expectation.	47

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