FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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But, dear girl, both flowers and beauty 
Blossom, fade, and die away; 
Then pursue good sense and duty, 
Ever-greens that ne’er decay.” 
Thomson says, 
“ Observe the rising lily’s snowy grace; 
Observe the various vegetable race ; 
They neither toil nor spin, but careless grow; 
Yet, see how warm they blush ! how bright they glow ! 
What regal vestments can with them compare ? 
What king so shining, or what queen so fair ?” 
PURITY OF SENTIMENT. 
White Violet.— Viola alba. 
That strain again—it had a dying fall; 
O, it came o’er my ear like the sweet breath 
That breathes upon a bank of violets. 
Stealing, and giving odour.” 
Shakspeare. 
The white pink is also emblematical of 
purity of sentiment. 
It is observed by Thomson, that 
From the body’s purity, the mind 
Receives a secret aid.” 
