LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 27 



This, though not strictly floral, is the most 

 manageable as regards the translation that could 

 be hit upon, and we have therefore chosen it. 

 Sometimes a word has various meanings, as 

 various sentences rhyme with it ; for. instance : 



" Rose You smile, but still my anguish grows. 

 Rose For thee my heart with love still glows." 



Sometimes a double rhyme belongs to a single 

 word, as : 



" Tea You are both sun and moon to me, 

 Your's is the light by which I see." 



And often times two flowers combined may form 

 a stanza, as : 



" The opening rose-bud shows how pure 



My love for thee, thou charming maidj 

 The pink, alas ! thy proud disdain, 



"With which my ardent passion's paid." 



By the above examples, it- will be seen that 

 there is nothing on earth, in air, or water, to 

 which a meaning may not be attached, but 

 these meanings are very arbitrary, depending 

 more upon -the sound of words, which will 

 rhyme with the object named, than on any real 

 of fancied similarity of significance in their 



