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LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
of Paradise, the Primrose should have been held 
inviolable to Forsaken or Neglected Love. It is a 
more poetical flower than either of the above, and 
although we have followed our predecessors in no¬ 
thing but their ill-chosen names, yet our emblem 
of Forsaken Love is the Primrose, so christened by 
Milton at his own Immortal Font. 
FORGET-ME-NOT. 
Forget thee, love? — no, not whilst heaven 
Spans its starred vault across the sky ; 
Oh, may I never be forgiven, 
If e’er I cause that heart a sigh ! 
Sooner shall the Forget-me-not 
Shun the fringed brook by which it grows, 
And pine for some sequestered spot, 
Where not a silver ripple flows. 
By the blue heaven that bends above me, 
Dearly and fondly do I love thee! 
They fabled not in days of old 
That Love neglected soon will perish,—- 
Throughout all time the truth doth hold 
That what we love we ever cherish. 
