FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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MUSIC. 
A BUNDLE OF REEDS WITH THEIR PANICLES, OK 
A BRANCH OF PINE TREE WITH CONES. 
“ O music ! sphere-descended maid. 
Friend of pleasure, wisdom’s aid, 
’Tis said, and I believe the tale. 
Thy humblest reed could more prevail. 
Had more of strength, diviner rage. 
Than all which charms this laggard age.” 
Collins. 
This emblem is derived from the mytho¬ 
logy of the early poets, as we cannot admit 
the accustomary symbols of lyre and harp in 
this floral collection. 
“ By music minds an equal temper know, 
Nor swell too high, nor sink too low; 
Warriors she fires with animated sounds. 
Pours balm into the bleeding lover’s wounds.” 
Pope. 
