FLORAL EMBLEMS. 217 



MUSIC. 



A BUNDLE OF REEDS WITH THEIR PANICLES, OR 

 A BRANCH OF PINE TREE WITH CONES. 



" O music ! sphere-descended maid, 

 Friend of pleasure, wisdom's aid, 

 Tis said, and I believe the tale, 

 Thy humblest reed could more prevail, 

 Had more of strength, diviner rage, 

 Than all which charms this laggard age." 



Collins. 



This emblem is derived from the mytho- 

 logy of the early poets, as we cannot admit 

 the accustomary symbols of lyre and harp in 

 this floral collection. 



" By music minds an equal temper know, 

 Nor swell too high, nor sink too low ; 

 Warriors she fires with animated sounds, 



Pours balm into the bleeding lover's wounds." 



Pope. 



