50 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



sooner assassinated than the senate, in order 

 to obliterate the name of so detestable a ty- 

 rant, decreed that it should be called October. 



NOVEMBER. 



" November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh ;" 



the sun 



Scarce spreads thro' aether the dejected day. 

 Faint are his gleams, and ineffectual shoot 

 His straggling rays, in horizontal lines, 

 Thro' the thick air ; as cloth'd in cloudy storm, 

 Weak, wan, and broad, he skirts the southern sky ; 

 And, soon -descending, to the long dark night, 

 Wide-shading all, the prostrate world resigns." 



Thompson. 



" An ivy-wreath, fair learning's prize, 

 Raises Msecenas to the skies." 



Horace. 



We would enliven this month of damp 

 clouds and dull spirits by a garland of ivy in 



