58 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



ACUTE SORROW, OR AFFLICTION. 



ALOE. Aloe. 



" The woful teris that thei letin fal 

 As bittir werin, out of teris kinde, 

 Forpaine, as is ligne aloes, or gal.'' 



Chaucer. 



The aloe is made the emblem of acute sor- 

 row, on account of its painful bitterness. The 

 bitter of the aloe affects the body, that of 

 affliction reaches the soul. 



" Sorrow that locks up the struggling heart." 



Akenside. 



" If you do sorrow at my grief in love, 

 By giving love your sorrow and my grief 

 Were both extermin'd." 



Shakspeare. 



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" Besides, you know, 

 Prosperity's the very bond of love ; 

 Whose fresh complexion, and whose heart together, 

 Affliction alters." 



Winter's Tale. 



