LILAC. 79 
LILAC. 
FiriST KXOTIONS OF LOVE. 
The Lilac has been consecrated to the first emo- 
tions of love ; because nothing possesses a greater 
charm than the delight afforded by its appearance 
on the return of spring. Indeed the freshness of 
its verdure, the flexibility of its branches, the pro- 
fusion of its flowers, their short and transitory 
beauty, their soft and variegated hues — all recal 
those celestial emotions, which embellish beauty and 
lend to youth its " grace divine." 
Never was Albano able to mingle on that pallet, 
which he derived from the hand of love itself, colours 
sufficiently fresh and flowing to represent the velvet 
softness and delicacy of the tints which embellish 
the brow of early youth. Van Spaendone himself 
threw down his pencil on viewing a group of Lilacs. 
