FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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WINTER OF AGE. 
Guelder-rose. — Viburnum opulus. 
“ Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf 
That the wind severs from the broken wave.” 
Cowper. 
“ The snow-ball which eclipses 
The white bosom of Venus.” 
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This cold-coloured, abortive flower is made 
to represent the age which banishes gaiety 
and warm desire. 
“ After summer, evermore succeeds 
The barren winter, with his nipping cold.” 
Shakspeare . 
“ And on this forehead, (where your verse has said 
The loves delighted, and the graces play’d,) 
Insulting age will trace his cruel way. 
And leave sad marks of his destructive sway.” 
Prior, 
