114 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



DELICACY. 



BLUE BOTTLE CENTAURY. Centaurea Cyanus. 



" There is a flower, a purple flower 



Sown by the wind, nursed by the shower, 

 O'er which Love has breathed a power and spell 



The truth of whispering hope to tell. 



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And with scarlet poppies around like a bower, 



Found the maiden her mystic flower. 



Now, gentle flower, I pray thee tell 



If my lover loves me, and loves me well ; 



So may the fall of the morning dew 



Keep the sun from fading thy tender blue." 



L. E. L. 



This beautiful corn flower, the subject of 

 the above verses, is made the emblem of de- 

 licacy from the purity of its celestial colour, 

 which is not equalled by the finest ultrama- 

 rine, and scarcely surpassed by the azure 

 veins of youthful beauty. 



