Perhaps no one has written more pleasingly and wittily 
on this subject than Leigh Hunt, in the following lines, 
called 
THE ALBANIAN, LOVE-LETTER. 
An exquisite invention this, 
Worthy of Love’s most honied kiss, 
This art of writing billet-doux 
In buds, and odors and brigj.it hues,— 
In saying all one feels and thinks 
In clever Daffodils and Pinks ; 
In puns of Tulips, and in phrases 
* Charming for their truth, in dasies ; , 
Uttering, as well as silence may, 
The sweetest words the, sweetest way. 
How fit, too, for the lady’s bosom ! 
T/he place where billet-doux repose ’em. 
What delight, in some sweet spot 
Combining love with garden plot, 
At once to cultivate one’s flowers 
And one’s epistolary powers ! 
Growing one’s choicest words and fancie* 
In orange tubs and beds of Pansies ; 
