FLORAL EMBLEMS. 269 



REWARD OF VIRTUE. 



CROWN OF ROSES. 



" And on hire hed, ful semely for to see 

 A rose gerland fresh and wel-smelling." 



Chaucer. 



This emblem originated from the festival 

 of Salency, where a chaplet of roses is an- 

 nually given to the most virtuous daughter of 

 the hamlet. 



" If there's a power above us, 



And that there is all nature cries aloud 

 Thro' all her works, he must delight in virtue, 

 And that which he delights in must be happy." 



Addison. 



