The teints of this flower are scarce less varied than the 
names that have been bestowed upon it. That of pansy is a 
corruption of the French name, pensee, thought. 
Leigh Hunt introduces the heart’s-ease into his verses: — 
The garden’s gem, 
Heart’s-ease, like a gallant bold, 
In his cloth of purple and gold. 
Phillips observes that the most brilliant purples of the artist 
appear dull when compared to that of the pansy ; our richest 
satins and velvets coarse and unsightly by a comparison of tex¬ 
ture; and, as to delicacy of shading, it is scarcely surpassed by 
the bow of Iris itself. 
Oh! long may the blossom, whatever betide, 
The tenderest breath of the summer-wind win, 
And smiie in its beauty, thy threshold beside, 
Bright symbol, sweet lady, of hearl’s-ease within! 
f. s. o. 
