Consolation in sickness, Poppy. 
Thou consoling sleep dost bring,— 
Sleep that, like an angel’s wing, 
Soothes the body racked with pain, 
Consolation in sorrow, Snow-drop 
Like a star on winter’s brow. 
Or a gleam of consolation. 
In the midst of sorrow, thou 
Comest, pearl of vegetation! 
Constancy, Blue Companula, 
Of a sweet cerulean dye. 
Is the hue of constancy ; 
And her flower, who knows not well ? — 
Beauteous Canterbury bell! 
Coquetry, Yellow Day Lily. 
Light and frivolous 'coquettes. 
Soon your sun of bcanty sets ; 
Like the Lily of a Day, 
Charms and influence decay. 
Courage, Black Poplar. 
Where the black Poplars in abundance grew, 
There Hercules the monster Cacus slew ; 
And as with poplar boughs he twined his head, 
Symbolical of courage they were made. 
