Innocence, 
“ With silver crest and golden eye. 
The joy of gleeful infancy, - • 
That age of purity from whence 
The further yet our footsteps roam, 
We leave, as in an Eden home, 
The angel mind of Innocence. 
Inspiration, Angeli 
"Twas an old superstition which did give 
The power of inspiration to this plant; 
And therefore was it termed Angelica 
That which possessed angelic properties. 
Instability. Dahlia 
When France was revolutionised, this flower 
Was introduced, ’tis said, from-Mexico ; 
Lost, and again imported, when with power 
, t i . an( j so 
Imperial Napoleon ruled, - 
Unstable minds built up what they did overthrow. 
Instruction, Bay Berry 
Each tree of the forest, and flower of the field 
To the mind of the thoughtful instruction must yield 
Why this emblem’s assigned to the Bav-berrv red. 
Is a’rjddle, oh, reader, we fain would have read. 
