122 FLORA'S LEXICON 



ILAC, PERSIAN. Syringa. Class 2, Di- 

 andria. Order : Monogynia. This more 

 delicate variety of the lilac is becoming a 

 favourite among the florists. It is made 

 the emblem of the first emotions of Love, 

 on account of its delicacy, both of fragrance 

 and colour. 



FIRST EMOTIONS OF LOVE. 



We sat and sigh'd, 

 And look'd upon each other, and conceived 

 Not what we ail'd ; yet something we did ail ; 

 And yet were well ; and yet we were not well : 

 And what was our disease we could not tell: 

 Then would we kiss, then sigh, then look: And thus 

 In that first garden of our simpleness 

 We spent our childhood: But when years began 

 To reap the fruit of knowledge ; ah, how then 

 Would she with graver looks, with sweet stern brow, 

 Check my presumption, and my forwardness ! 

 Yet still would give me flow'rs; still would she show 

 What she would have me, yet not have me know. 



Daniel. 



She felt his flame; but deep within her breast, 

 In bashful coyness, or in maiden pride, 

 The soft return conceal'd; save when it stole 

 In sidelong glances from her downcast eye, 

 Or from her swelling soul in stifled sighs. 



Thomson. 



What is this subtle searching flame of love, 

 That penetrates the tender breast unmask'd, 

 And blasts the heart of adamant within ; 

 As the quick lightening oft calcines the blade 

 Of temper'd steel, and leaves the sheath unhurt. 



Darcy. 



