ladies’ names. 167 
Jrairadie. 
Signification . . The Amicable. 
Emblem .... Pansy. 
Sentiment .... Pleasant Thoughts. 
I know a green lane that leads down to a spring, 
Where all the long summer the bob-o-links sing ; 
Across it a willow its long branches throws. 
Beneath whose cool shadows ’tis sweet to repose ; 
The bright yellow cowslip grows thick on each side, 
And fresh watercresses are rocked on its tide. 
Long years have gone by since I sat on that spot, 
A fond, dreamy girl ; but ’tis not yet forgot ! 
Oh ! softly and sweetly and gently it flows. 
That spring, on whose margin the willow-tree grows. 
Ah ! well I remember, in life’s early day, 
When I cared less, they told me, for work than for play. 
How oft I stole forth, when the birds were at rest, 
And the sun had gone down to his halls in the west. 
And, bending my steps to that clear, gushing spring, 
Myself on its brink would in ecstasy fling ! 
Then visions more lovely than words can express, 
In hurrying crowds on my senses would press, 
While spirits of beauty before me uprose 
From the soft-flowing spring where the willow-tree 
grows. 
