118 POETICAL LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
And our simple ancestors believed that they had but 
to find the true “ Fern seed,” and carry it about with 
them, to become invisible. What would not a fond 
lover give for a packet of this fabulous seed, that he 
might at any hour steal unperceived into the presence 
of his mistress ? But, alas ! the secret was carried 
away with the fairies, when they were driven, with 
bell, book, and candle, from the green and daisied 
meadows of merry England. 
