Candour, White "Violet. 
Well search the mead for Violets pale. 
That give their odours to the gale, 
As candid minds that nought conceal. 
And please by thoughts which they reveal. 
Caprice, Musk Rose. 
The Barbary rose, capricious, that assumes 
A scent unlike all other flower's perfumes, 
And loads, with musky fragrance every breeze 
That for a moment can her fancy please. 
Celibacy, French Willow 
They who dedicated thee 
Unto the stern St. Anthony, 
Founder of monastic rule, 
Ne’er were taught in love’s soft school. 
Celibacy’s emblem ? never! 
Shall beauty die unwedded ever? 
Charity, Turnip. • 
The Turnip is for charity, “ our helpless nature’s 
pride 4” 
’Twas used, of old, to represent a man who would 
divide 
His substance with the destitute, their fainting 
hearts to cheer; 
So, swelling root, or verdant top, we fitly offer 
2ti 
