ladies’ names. 95 
Signification . . Surpassing. 
Emblem Mignonette. 
Sentiment .... Worth and Loveliness. 
In loveliness and moral worth, 
None can surpass Louise on earth; 
None like to her, whom I ’ve seen yet ; 
She’s like the fragrant Mignonette. 
This humble floweret is passed by ; 
Its modest charms tempt not the eye; 
But when with Heaven’s dew ’tis wet, 
How sweet the lowly Mignonette. 
Where’er this tiny flower doth bloom, 
The air is filled with its perfume, 
And thus to me an emblem i-s 
Of modest worth and loveliness. 
But when you ask me to compare 
Louise, to something sweet and fair, 
Nothing that I have ever met 
Is like, but lovely Mignonette. 
