80 LANGUAGE AND 
I love thee not. I know deceit 
And guile are in thy heart,— 
That all thy words, so soft and sweet, 
Are but the tricks of art. 
I love thee not. The simplest mind 
Is dearer far to me, 
(Though far less brilliant and refined), 
Than ever thine can be! 
APPLE-BLOSSOM. 
PREFERENCE. , 
The Apple-blossom is styled the emblem of 
preference, because, not only is it a very lovely 
flower, but, as the predecessor of fine and use¬ 
ful fruit, it may be preferred to the rose itself. 
The apple singly is deemed typical of temptation, 
undoubtedly from the curious legend which con¬ 
nects it with the first transgression and fall of 
man, a legend which figures alike in most of the 
ancient mythologies of which any vestiges are 
extant. 
Roasted apples formed an important item in 
the delicious compound which, under the title 
of wassail-bowl, was such a famed beverage 
