110 ..ainGUAGE and 
Deep graved upon its secret leaves 
Are mysteries so rare, 
That all the aid thy mind receives 
Prom books would fail thee there. 
But I, yes I, with simple pride, 
Could soon explain the key; 
Here, take this sentence for thy guide— 
My love for God and thee ! 
This flower, sweet as its florigraphical 'mean¬ 
ing, received its usual name of Heliotrope from 
two Greek words, signifying the sun and to turn, 
because of its having been supposed to turn con¬ 
tinually towards the sun, following his course 
round the horizon. In consequence of this belief, 
the ancients ascribed its origin to the death cf 
the hapless Clytie, who pined away in hopeless 
love of the sun-god Apollo. Ovid—as trans¬ 
lated by Sandy—tells the woful story thus: 
“ She with distracted passion pines away ; 
Detjsteth company; all night, all day 
Aisrobed, with her ruffled hair unbound, 
And wet with humor, sits upon the ground: 
For nine long daj's all sustenance forbears; 
Her hunger cloyed with dew, her thirst with tears: 
Nor rose; but rivets on the god her eyes, 
And ever turns her face to him that flies. 
At length to earth her stupid body cleaves ; 
Her wan comple v; - T w turns to bloodless leaves. 
