LAVENDER. 157 



He, soon aware, 

 Each perturbation smooth'd with outward calm, 

 Artificer of fraud ! and was the first 

 That practised falsehood under saintly show. 



Clematis, wreath afresh thy garden bower. 



And virgin's bower, trailing airily. 



KEATS. 



THE LAVENDER. 



In the floral emblems of the Turks, this agreeable plant 

 represents assiduity ; but the continental eniblematists make 

 it symbolical of mistrust and disunion, because it is fre- 

 quently used to cover disagreeable odours. 



Mistrust can only belong justly to such as are accus- 

 tomed to cheat and deceive, and those need no greater 

 curse for their misdeeds. 



And lavender, whose spikes of azure bloom 



Shall be erewhile in arid bundles bound, 



To lurk amidst her labours of the loom. 



And crown her kerchiefs clean with mickle rare perfume. 



SIIENSTONE. 



