FLORAL EMBLEMS. 325 



WINTER OF AGE. 



GUELDER-ROSE. Viburnum opulus. 



" Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf 

 That the wind severs from the broken wave." 



Cowper. 



" The snow-ball which eclipses 

 The white bosom of Venus." 



This cold-coloured, abortive flower is made 

 to represent the age which banishes gaiety 

 and warm desire. 



" After summer, evermore succeeds 



The barren winter, with his nipping cold." 



Shakspeare. 



" And on this forehead, (where your verse has said 

 The loves delighted, and the graces play'd,) 

 Insulting age will trace his cruel way, 

 And leave sad marks of his destructive sway." 



Prior. 



