Columbine 
Folly, 
Folly’s cap and bells in thee, 
Columbine, so fancy free. 
Foolish folks declare they see. 
Holly. 
Foresight, 
Beneath with prickles armed to guard against 
The bite of nibbling sheep, or browsing kine ; 
Above their reach thy leaves are smooth and bare 
Thou art like foresight. Holly evergreen ! 
Forsaken, Lilac 
In eastern lands, when fickle youth would take 
A last farewell of her he would forsake ; 
A bunch of the Syringa bloom he bore, 
Whose beauty, like his love, was quickly o’er. 
Freshness, Damask Rose 
Oh, her breath is like the scent 
Of fresh Damask Roses, blent 
With the morning air ; each thought 
Is as fresh, and beauty-fraught; 
Would you find the Roses ? seek 
In her softly-rounded cheek. 
Frivolity, Bladder Senna 
The light and frivolous may find 
In thee, amusement to their mind ; 
Thy bladder-like legumes they shake 
Therewith a hollow sound to make. 
