Desire to please, Mazereau 
“ Though leafless, well attired, and thick beset 
With' Blushing wreaths, -investing every spray 
Like one that much desires to please, and get 
A smile, a kindly word, that may her pains repay. 
Despair, Mai 
u As emblems of my heart’s despaii 
A wreath of Marigolds I wear." 
Difficulty, Black Thom. 
Without a wry face, difficult it is 
To eat the austere berries of the Thorn : 
Most difficult to penetrate the fence 
With its sharp spines thick set on every side. 
Diffidence, Cyclamen, 
As diffidence to beauty adds a grace. 
And pleased we look upon a modest face, 
So, as thy blossoms in the sun expand. 
And earthward bend, do we admiring stand. 
Laurel-Leaved 
Marigold. 
Most dignified of flowers, the trees 
Of Florida thou climb’st above. 
And seiid’st thy fragrance on each bree2e 
That sweeps the wild, and stirs the grove. 
