118 FLORA'S LEXICON. 



ARKSPUR. Delphinium Ajacis. Class 

 13, Polyandria. Order: Pentagynia. 



Found in Europe, Siberia and America, and 

 called Larkspur from a fancied resemblance 

 in the horn-shaped nectary at the back of 

 the corolla to the spur of the Lark's foot. 



ARDENT ATTACHMENT. 



Helen, I love thee; by my life, I do; 



I swear by that which I will lose for thee, 



To prove him false, that says I love thee not. 



Shakspeare. 



O happy fair ! 

 Your eyes are load-stars, and your tongue's sweet air, 

 More tunable than lark to shepherd's ear, 

 When wheat is green, when hawthorn buds appear. 



Shakspeare. 



O, gentle Romeo, 

 If thou dost love, pronounce it faithfully. 

 Or if thou think'st I am too quickly won, 

 I'll frown, and be perverse, and say thee nay, 

 So thou wilt woo: but, else, not for the world. 



Shakspeare. 



In truth, fair Montague, I am too fond ; 

 And therefore thou may'st think my 'haviour light: 

 But trust me, gentleman, I'll prove more true 

 Than those that have more cunning. 



Shakspeare. 



Sweet, good night ! 

 This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath, 

 May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet. 



Shakspeare. 



