208 THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
nvc. 
Myrtle.— Myrtus. — Love Positive. 
I court others in verse, but love thee in prose. — Prior. 
Mignonette. — Reseda Odorata.— Your qualities surpass 
your lovelinsss. 
Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. 
Pope. 
Mimosa. — M. pudica. — Sensitiveness. 
I cannot bear that altered brow. — F. 
Marvel of Peru. — Mirabilis Jalapa. — Timidity. 
With easy smiles dispelled the silent fear, 
That durst not tell me what I died to hear. — Prior. 
Marigold, French. — Tagetes, Patula. — Treachery. 
0, what a goodly outside falsehood hath! — Shaks. 
Marigold, African. — Tagetes, Erecta.— Cruelty. 
’Tis cruelty to load a falling man. — Shaks. 
m Mock Orange.— Coronarius. — Counterfeit. 
I’ll trust at leisure him that mocks me once. — Shaks. 
Mountain Pink. — Dianthus Csesius. — Aspiring. 
Fain would I climb, but that I fear to fall. 
Sir W. Raleigh. 
Mint. — Mentha. — Faint heart ne’er won fair lady. 
If you do fear j'then do not climb at all — Q. Elizabeth. 
Meadow Saffron. — Colchicum Autumnale. — My best 
days are past. 
’Tis greatly wise to know before we’re told, 
The melancholy truth that we grow old. — Young . 
