FORGET-ME-NOT. 
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that of the cerulean sky. Then, they incline 
as if they took delight in admiring themselves 
in the crystal waters, whose purity is unequal¬ 
led. On this spot the young girls frequently 
assemble to celebrate their birth days, by 
dancing on the borders of the brook. When 
crowned with these lovely flowers we might 
suppose them to be nymphs celebrating 
games in honour of the naiad of the enchant¬ 
ed oak. 
It is related that a young couple, who 
were on the eve of being united, whilst 
walking along the delightful banks of the 
Danube, saw one of these lovely flowers 
floating on the waves, which seemed ready 
to carry it away. The affianced bride ad¬ 
mired the beauty of the flower, and regretted 
its fatal destiny. The lover was induced to 
precipitate himself into the water, where he 
had no sooner seized the flower than he sank 
into the flood, but making a last effort, he 
threw the flower upon the shore, and at the 
moment of disappearing for ever, he ex¬ 
claimed, “ Vergils mich nickt,” since which 
time this flower has been made emblema¬ 
tical, and taken the name of “ Forget-me- 
not.” 
