ESSaH-jFIoJnu. 51 
WALh-T LOW ER....Fidelili/ in Adversity. 
Tuis flower derives its name from the ciixumstanco 
of its growing upon old walls, the casements and bat- 
tlements of ancient castles, and among the ruins of 
abbeys. The troubadors were accustomed to wearing 
a bouquet of Wall-flowers, as the emblem of an affection 
which is proof against time and the frowns of fortune. 
Adah. — Alas! thou sinnest now, my Cain; thy 
words 
Sound impious in mine ears. 
Cain. — Then leave me ! 
Adah. — Never, 
Though thy God left thee! 
Byron. 
An emblem true thou art 
Of love's enduring lustre given 
To cheer a lonely heart. 
Barton. 
Flower of the solitary place ! 
Gray Ruin's golden crown, 
That lendest melancholy grace 
To haunts of old renown ; 
Thou mantlest o'er the battlements 
By strife or storm decayed ; 
And fiUest up each envious rent 
Time's canker-tooth hath made. 
Moir. 
