70 FLORA'S LEXICON 



YCLAMEN. Cyclamen. Class 5, Pentan- 

 dria. Order : Monogynia. As modest dif- 

 fidence adds attractions to beauty, so does 

 this graceful flower engage our notice by its 

 unassuming carriage, for the cyclamen, al- 

 though it expands its petals in an upright 

 direction, never rears its head to the sun. 

 We present this emblem with a hope that the poets will not 

 longer remain too diffident to let this pretty plant escape the har- 

 mony of their song, since we cannot find a line to form a motto, 

 or grace the floral symbol of diffidence. 



" Distress makes the humble heart diffident" 

 The church has dedicated this flower to St. Romuald. 



DIFFIDENCE. 



The modest virtues mingled in her eyes, 

 Still on the ground dejected, darting all 

 Their humid beams into the blooming flowers. 



Thomson. 



As lamps burn silent, with unconscious light, 

 So modest ease in beauty shines most bright; 

 Unaiming charms with edge resistless fall, 

 And she who means no mischief, does it all. 



Hill. 



I pity bashful men, who feel the pain 



Of fancied scorn and undeserved disdain, 



And bear the marks upon a blushing face 



Of needless shame, and self-imposed disgrace. 



Our sensibilities are so acute, 



The fear of being silent makes us mute. 



COW PER. 



He saw her charming, but he saw not half 

 The charms her downcast modesty conceal'd. 



Thomson. 



