38 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



" The Red-breast 



Half afraid, he first 



Against the window beats : then, brisk, alights 

 On the warm hearth ; then, hopping on the floor, 

 Eyes all the smiling family askance, 

 And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is ; 

 'Till more familiar grown, the table crumbs 

 Attract his slender feet." 



Peacham says, " January should be clad 

 all in white, like the colour of the earth at 

 this season, blowing his nails ; in his left arm 

 a billet, the sign Aquarius standing by his 

 side." 



This month and the next were added to the 

 year by Numa Pompilius, and had the name 

 from Janus, a Roman god, painted with two 

 faces, (signifying providence or wisdom,) judg- 

 ing by things past of things to come. 



