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LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
HEART’S-EASE. 
THINK OF ME. 
The Heart’s-ease, Viola tricolor , or Pansy, 
from the French Pensie, is a beautiful variety 
of the Violet, differing from it in the diversity 
of its colours, the petals being chiefly yellow, 
variegated with black and purple. In fragrance, 
however, it is far inferior to the Violet. One 
species of the Pansy is entirely purple. 
And there are pansies, that’s for thoughts. 
Shakspeare. 
And thou, so rich in gentle names, appealing 
To hearts that own our nature’s common lot ; 
Thou, styled by sportive Fancy’s better feeling 
A Thought, the Heart’s-Ease, and Forget Me Not. 
Barton. 
The fanciful origin of the colour of this flower 
is thus described by our great bard. 
I saw, 
Flying between the cold moon and the earth, 
Cupid all arm’d ; a certain aim he took 
At a fair vestal throned in the West. 
