AND FLOWERS OF POETRY. 207 
Hush, sweet, hush! 
Let me read in your blush, 
All that you tremble and fear to tell; — 
Why should you speak, 
When that eloquent cheek 
And those soul-lit eyes can talk so well? 
f. s. o. 
SIMPLICITY. 
WILD OR DOG ROSE. 
The wild or common dog rose has been made the emblem of 
simplicity. It forms one of the principal flowers in the rustic’s 
bouquet. 
The wild rose scents the summer air, 
And woodbines weave in bowers, 
To glad the swain sojourning there, 
And maidens gathering flowers. 
Clake. 
Clemence Isaure, who instituted the floral games, awarded a 
single rose as the prize for eloquence. 
The standards of the houses of York and Lancaster were 
charged with the bearing of the wild rose. This flower was 
also stamped on the current coin of those days. 
Thou once wast doomed 
Where civil discord braved the field, 
To grace the banner and the shield. 
Fable of the Rcse. 
