BUGLOSS. 



For these purposes an infusion of its dried leaves was made, 

 and a wine-glassful administered twice or thrice daily ; there- 

 fore it seems fully to have merited its position as the 

 emblem of calmness and repose which it yielded to the 

 suffering. 



BUGLOSS.— Falsehood. 



This plant, of different species, has been made the emblem 

 of Falsehood, because of its use in many kinds of colouring 

 substances. In very early times, Anchusa tinctoria, the Dyer's 

 Bugloss, was made use of to colour the face before more 

 delicate means were found out. This is, perhaps, the least 

 hurtful, and possesses many advantages. It maintains its 

 colour for some days, and water revives it as it revives 

 natural colours ; and it does not tarnish the skin. 



" But tjie blush which tinges the maiden's cheek, 

 Whose heart is innocent, gentle and meek," 



how can it be imitated .■' Art, the most skilful, destroys it, 

 never to be restored. Do we desire to please for a long 

 time .'' — do we desire to please always .? Then let us dismiss 

 falsehood from our heart, from our tongue, and from our 

 countenance, and constantly bear in mind that nothing is 

 so beautiful as truth ; truth alone is lovely and lasting. By 

 this course only can we be made " beautiful for ever." 



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