92 LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
the ladies of chivalrous times embroidered on 
the scarfs which they presented to their knights 
the figure of a bee hovering about a sprig ot 
Thyme; in order to recommend the union of 
the amiable with the active. 
The Wild Thyme has often been noticed by 
the poets:— 
No more, my goats, shall I behold you climb 
The steepy cliffs, or crop the flowery Thyme. 
Dryden’s Virgil. 
Guide my way 
Through fair Lyceum’s walk, the green retreats 
Of Academus, and the Thymy vale. 
Akenside. 
