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FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
to have made this favourite flower an em¬ 
blem of faithfulness. 
“ Violet is for faithfulness. 
Which in me shall abide : 
Hoping likewise that from your heart 
You will not let it slide.” 
The sweet violet is dedicated to St. Gertrude. 
MOMENTARY HAPPINESS. 
Virginian Spider-wort — Tradescantiavifginica . 
“ Momentary as sound. 
Swift as a shadow, short as any dream.” 
Sliakspecire. 
This emblem is formed in allusion to the 
fragility of the flowers of this species of spi¬ 
der-wort, which wither almost as soon as they 
are perfectly formed. Young says, 
“ While I a moment name, a moment’s past; 
I’m nearer death in this verse than the last; 
What then is to be done ! Be wise with speed ; 
A fool at forty is a fool indeed.” 
