ladies’ names. 125 
Signification ... A Rose. 
Emblem Red Rose. 
Sentiment Beauty and Prosperity. 
Nought we find in garden bowers, 
Like the Rose, — the Queen of Flowers ; 
Its beauty and its fragrance sweet, 
Shows loveliness pure and complete. 
Its bud is beautiful at first, 
More lovely still when forth it bursts ; 
We see pure, glorious beauty there, 
Its fragrance sweet, fills all the air. 
But soon, alas ! the rose decays, — 
It droops its head, and fades away ; 
Yet with us leaves its fragrance still, 
Forth from its petals sweets distill. 
