
I LOVE YOU. INFATUATION, 147 
with this peculiar disposition, he gave the plant 
the name of heliotrope, which is derived from 
two Greek words, signifying “sun,” and “{ 
turn.’’ The learned botanist, delighted with 
this charming acquisition, collected a quantity 
of the seeds, and sent them to the Jardin du 
Roi, at Paris, where it was first cultivated in 
Europe. The ladies collected it with enthu- 
siasm,—placed it in their richest vases,—called 
it the flower of love,—and received with indif- 
ference every bouquet in which their favourite 
flower was not to be found. 
An anonymous writer has made it emble- 
matical of flattery, as it ig said that when & 
cloud obscures the sky, it droops its head, 
We would rather suppose that, like the lover, 
whose heart is sad when absent from his mis. 
tress, so the heliotrope droops because it is 
deprived of the cheering rays of the sun that it 
seems to adore. 
There is a flower whose modest eye 
Is turned with looks of light and love, 
Who breathes her softest, sweetest sigh, 
Whene’er the sun is bright above. 
Let clouds obscure, or darkness veil, 
Her fond idolatry is fied ; 
Her sighs no more their sweets exhale,—. 
The loving eye is cold and dead. 
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