INTRODUCTION. 
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Fame’s bright star and glory’s swell, 
By the glossy leaf of the bay are given. 
The silent, soft, and humble heart 
In the violet’s hidden sweetness breathes 2 
And the tender soul that cannot part, 
A twine of evergreen fondly wreathes. 
The cypress that darkly shades the grave, 
Is sorrow that mourns its bitter Iot; 
And faith that a thousand ills can brave, 
Speaks in thy blue leaves, Forget-me-not. 
Then gather a wreath from the garden bowers, 
And tell the wish of thy heart in flowers. 
PERCIVAL. 
Lady M. W. Montagu was one of the first 
to introduce floral language into Europe. Wher 
at Pera, she sent a Turkish love letter toa 
friend in England, from which we extract the 
botanical emblems. 
CLOVE. You are as slendey as this clove ? 
You are an unblown rose ! 
Ihave long loved you, and you have 
not known it. 

