144 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



FIDELITY IN FRIENDSHIP. 



IVY. Hedera helix. 



'* As the ivy, when blasts howl before it, 



Clasps the bough it encircles more tight ; 

 So my heart in the storms that break o'er it, 



More closely to thine shall unite. 

 Then come to this bosom 'tis bleeding and bare ; 

 But the child of affliction may find a home there." 



W. W. R. 



" I love the ivy-mantled tower, 

 Rock'd by the storm of thousand years." 



Cunningham. 



This emblem of generous friendship attaches 

 itself to the wretched : 



" Thus stands an aged elm, in ivy bound, 

 Thus youthful ivy clasps an elm around." 



Parnell. 



: " Is aught so fair 



In all the dewy landscape of the spring, 

 The summer's noontide grove the purple eve 

 At harvest-home, or in the frosty morn, 

 Glitt'ring on some smooth sea, is aught so fair 

 As virtuous friendship ?" 



Akenside. 



