TEXT-BOOK OF FLOWERS. 
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Blue as the sky thy blossoms be— 
Sweet emblem of fidelity. 
Fidelity in Friendship, Ivy. 
“Thus stands an aged elm in Ivy bound. 
Thus youthful Ivy clasps an elm around. 
So Parnell drew the picture of a friend, 
Of whose fidelity death, only, makes an end. 
Fidelity in Wall 
Misfortune. Flower, 
By time are all decayed and rent. 
Then in misfortune's gloomy hour 
Springs up fidelity's sweet flower. 
Flame of Love, Yellow Ins. 
“ Amid its waving swords in flaming gold 
The Iris towers." So towers the flame of love 
Within the breast, amid intense desires. 
And feelings, and emotions, keen and quick. 
Venus’s 
Flattery, Looking Glass. 
The glass, wherein reflected, beauty sees 
Those charms which flattery’s voice full oft hat 
praised; , , , 
On thee, oh lovely field flower, formed to please. 
Full oft, admiringly, hath beauty gazed. 
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Fidelity, 
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