72 THE POETRY OF FLOWERS 
I shall not soon forget thee, with thv smile’s bewildering 
charm; 
With thy snow-white dimpled hand and thy softly rounded 
arm; 
With thy form of fairy moulding, so perfect yet petite; 
And the light and restless movements of thy dainty little 
feet. 
f. s. o. 
ELOQUENCE. 
WATER-LILY. 
-- calls the lily from her sleep 
Prolonged beneath the bordering deep. 
Wordsworth. 
The Egyptians have consecrated to the sun the god of elo¬ 
quence, the flower of the Nymphsea Lotus. This flower closes 
at evening, and reclines on the bosom of the lake, from the 
setting of the sun until the rising of that splendid orb on the 
succeeding morn. Flowers of the lotus are inwoven in the 
head-dress of Osiris. The Indian gods also are frequently rep¬ 
resented on the waters as seated on this flower! It is suppo¬ 
sed that this allegory may be understood as an allusion to the 
fable of the world rising from the midst of the waters. 
Expression is the dress of thought. 
Pope. 
