176 LANGUAGE AND 
PANSY.—HEART’S-EASE. 
Viola, tricolor . Class 5 ; Order 1. 
This flower has three colors—purple, yellow, and 
blue. It is much cultivated, and highly esteemed. 
YOU OCCUPY MY THOUGHTS. 
I have sweet thoughts. of thee! 
They come around me like a voice of song; 
They come like birds that to the south belong, 
And wear a gayer wing, and brighter crest, 
Than those that on the rooftree build the nest; 
They come more tender, beautiful, and bright 
Than any thoughts that others can excite; 
They tell me gentle tales of thee and thine ; 
Of gems of truth that in thy spirit shine; 
Of goodness, purity, and holy zeal, 
That can for others earnest pity feel; 
Of all things beautiful in soul and heart,— 
And such they tell me, dearest, that thou art! 
The Heart’s-ease, as its French name of pansy 
or pensee intimates, is symbolical of remem¬ 
brance. It is a beautiful variety of the violet, 
far surpassing that flower in diversity and bril¬ 
liance of color, but possessing little, if any, of 
the exquisite fragrance for which that is so re¬ 
nowned. Its lovely diversification and contrasts 
of color, combined with the glossy velvet sheen 
of its petals, renders it a much-admired floral 
