83 LANGUAGE AND 
DAISY. 
Beilis . .. Class 19; Order 2. 
BEAUTY AND INNOCENCE. 
Lovely thou art ! ay, lovely. 
In spirit and in form; 
A sunbeam glancing o’er life’s tears ; 
A rainbow through the storm ; 
A snow-drop ’mid earth’s darker hues. 
Unwarmed by flattery’s breath ; 
A harp-tone flung from cherub hands, 
Wringing out joy from death. 
Mrs. Scott. 
“Whose white investments figure innocence.” 
Shakspeare. 
The flower which, next to the rose, appears 
to have received the most attention from the 
poets is the Daisy. It may seem strange that 
a little scentless floweret like this should have 
obtained so many plaudits; but Montgomery 
most probably guesses the real cause of its po¬ 
pularity when he sings 
“The rose has but a summer reign; 
The daisy never dies.” 
Formerly “the poet’s darling” was termed the 
“ e’e of daie,” and under that name Chaucer 
