ULIP. Tulipa. Class 6, HEXANDRIA. Or- 

 der: MONOGYNIA. On the banks of the 

 Bosphorus the tulip is the emblem of incon- 

 stancy ; but it is also the symbol of the 

 most violent love. The wild tulip is found 

 in the fields of Byzantium, with its crimson 

 petals and golden heart. 



A DECLARATION OF LOVE. 



Now for madcap Isabel 



What shall suit her, pr'ythee tell] 



Isabel is brown and wild ; 



Will be evermore a child ; 



Is all laughter, all vagary, 



Has the spirit of a fairy. 



Are you grave 1 ? The gipsy sly 



Turns on you her merry eye, 



And you laugh, despite your will. 



Isabel is never still, 



Always doing, never done, 



Be it mischief, work, or fun. 



Isabel is short and brown, 



Soft to touch as eider-down; 



Temper'd like the balmy south, 



With a rosy, laughing mouth ; 



Cheeks just tinged with peachy red, 



And a graceful Hebe-head; 



Hair put up in some wild way, 



Deck'd with a hedge-rose's spray. 



Now, where is the bud or bell 



That may match with Isabel 1 



Streaky tulip, jet and gold, 

 Dearly priced whenever sold ; 

 Rich in colour, low and sweet, 

 This for Isabel is meet. 



Ho WITT. 



