116 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



DESIRE TO PLEASE. 



MEZEREON. Daphne Mezereum. 



" Mezereon too, 



Though leafless, well attired, and thick beset 

 With blushing wreaths, investing every spray." 



Cowper. 



In floral language, this early flowering 

 shrub is made to express a desire to please, 

 whilst others make it one of the emblems of 

 coquetry, comparing it to a nymph, who in 

 the midst of winter seeks admiration in her 

 summer robes. 



" Leave such to trifle with more grace and ease, 

 Whom folly pleases, and whose follies please." 



Pope. 



