COCK'S COMB. 

 Celosia cristata. 

 Amaranthus. 



Foppery. Affectation. The gaudy cocfc's comb, idly vain, 



Appears in all its showy bloom. . . Fables of Flora. 



Coxcombs are of all ranks and kind, 

 They 're not to sex, or age, confined, 



Of rich, or poor, or great, or small, 



'Tis vanity besets them all Gay. 



The leopard's beauty, without the fox's wit, is no better 

 than a fop in a gay coat L'Estrange. 



Ah! friend ! to dazzle let the vain design, 



To raise the thought and teach the heart be thine. Pope. 



COLUMBINE, Purple. 

 Aquilegia. 



Resolved to win. This hand, I cannot but in death resign ! . Dryden. 



Think'st thou 



That I could live, and let thee go, 

 Who art my life itself? no no. 



Moore. 



To prevail in the cause that is dearer than life, 



Or, crush'd in its ruins, to die ! .... Campbell. 



COLUMBINE, Red. Anxious and trembling. How throbbed my fluttering pulse with hopes and fears. 



Rogers. 

 A. canadensis. 



Thrown into tumult, raptur'd or alarm'd ! . . Young. 



Hope and fear maintain eternal strife 



Where fleeting joy does lasting doubts inspire, 



And most we question what we most desire. . Prior. 



O ! soothe my soul to rest 

 And calm the rising tumult in my breast. 



Sophocles' 1 (Edipus Tyrannus. 



Answer. 



The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new, 



And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears. Scott. 



CONVOLVULUS. 

 Convolvulus. 



Uncertainty. Hope and fear alternate sway'd his breast, 

 Like light and shade upon a waving field, 

 Coursing each other, when the flying clouds 

 Now hide, and now reveal the sun Home. 



