VIOLET. Gl 



M. Boisjolin also notices this flower as the emblem 

 of modesty — 



L'obscure Violette, amante des gazons, 

 Aux pleurs de leur rosee entremelant ses dons, 

 Semble vouloir caclier, sons leurs voiles propices, 

 D'un prodigue parfum les discretes delices : 

 C'est l'embleme d'un coeur qui lvpand en secret 

 Sur le nialhenr timide on modeste bienfait. 



The Violet seems too humble a flower to have 

 found a place in displays of Heraldry, yet it has 

 been ingeniously given as a device to an amiable 

 and witty lady, of a timid and reserved character, 

 surrounded with the motto, 77 faut me chercher, 

 " I must be sought after. 



The White Violet is also made the emblem of 

 Innocence; and by some lines of a sonnet of the 

 sixteenth century, the Violet appears to have been 

 considered an emblem of faithfulness — 



Violet is for faithfulnesse, 



Which in me shall abide ; 

 Hoping likewise that from your heart 



You will not let it slide. 



The poets have coupled the most agreeable ideas 

 with the fragrant flower. Milton makes Echo dwell 

 amongst Violets — 



Sweet Echo, sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen 

 By slow Meander's margent green, 

 And in the Violet-embroider' d vale. 



