FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
■ 73 
BASHFUL SHAME. 
P CEONY. P OCOHy . 
“.There might ye see the piony spread wide.” 
Cowper. 
The blushing- petals of this flower are made 
symbolical of the countenance that is rouged 
with conscious shame. 
Impudence frequently takes delight in 
painting the cheeks of females, by talking in 
a way that modesty cannot answer. These 
should be treated as the nettles of society. 
