FLORAL EMBLEMS. 133 



us to present them as emblematical of embar- 

 rassment. 



Love is a puzzle which embarrasses all who 

 fall into it, yet Anacreon says, 



" Nay, should they take his chains away, 

 The little captive still would stay." 



ENVY. 



COMMON BRAMBLE . Rubus fr uticosus . 



" The bush my bed, the bramble was my bow'r." 



Spencer. 



This rough and prickly trailing plant is 

 made the emblem of this unhappy disposition, 

 because it carries thorns in its bosom. Pope 



says 



" Envy, to which th' ignoble mind's a slave, 

 Is emulation in the learn'd or brave." 



