302 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



THOUGHTS. 



YOU OCCUPY MY THOUGHTS ; 



OR, 



PENSEZ A MOI. 



Pansee, or Heart's Ease. — Viola tricolor. 



" And there are pansies, that's for thoughts." 



Shakspeare. 



" And thou, so rich in gentle names, appeahng 

 To hearts that own our nature's common lot ; 



Those, styl'd by sportive fancy's better feehng 



' A Thought/ ' The Heart's Ease,' or ' Forget me not.' " 



Barton. 



Thoughts are not more numerous than the 



varieties of this little sportive flower, since it 



is difficult to find two alike, although we 



generally see 



" The garden's gem 



Heart's ease, like a gallant bold. 

 In his cloth of purple and gold." 



Leigh Hunt. 



In the flowers of the saints the pansee is 

 dedicated to St. Euphrasia. 



