FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
109 
ages from the destruction of Troy to the 
present day. 
“ In mournful pomp the matrons walk the round. 
With baleful cypress and blue fillets crown’d. 
With eyes dejected, and with hair unbound.” 
JEneis, Book 3. 
DEATH SAID TO BE PREFERABLE 
TO THE LOSS OF INNOCENCE. 
A WHITE ROSE DRIED. 
‘ Of the fourth Edward 
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He rent the crown from vanquish’d Henry’s head. 
Rais’d the white rose, and trampled on the red.” 
Waller. 
“ What comfort does overflow the devout soul, from a 
consciousness of its own innocence and integrity !” 
Tillotson . 
