FLORAL EMBLEMS. 259 



RECONCILIATION. 



Filbert . — Corylus. 



** Thou hast a brain, such as it is indeed ! 



On what else should thy worm of fancy feed ? 

 Yet in a filbert I have often known 

 Maggots survive when all the kernel's gone." 



Dorset. 



Clusters of these agreeable nuts are emble- 

 matical of reconciliation, and all will allow 

 that the cracking of filberts at reconcilia- 

 tion is more agreeable than the breaking of 

 heads at dissensions. 



" No cloud 



Of anger shall remain ; but peace assurVl 

 And reconcilement." 



Paradise Lost. 



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