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152 IMMORTALITY. 
Pope mentions this flower in his Ode for 
St. Cecilia’s day; imagining it to be found in 
celestial bowers ;— 
By the streams that ever flow, 
By the fragrant winds that blow 
O’er the Elysian flowers ; 
By those happy souls that dwell 
In yellow meads of asphodel, 
Or amaranthine bowers. 
Love and friendship are adorned with ama- 
ranth. In the garland of Julie, we find the 
four following lines : 
Je suis la fleur d’amour qu’amarante on appelle, 
Et qui viens de Julie adorer les beaux yeux. 
Roses, retirez-vous: j’ai le nom d’immortelle, 
Il n’appartient qu’a moi de couronner les dieux. 
Christina, queen of Sweden, who wished to 
immortalise herself by renouncing the throne to 
cultivate letters and philosophy, instituted the 
order of “knights of the amaranth.” The 
decoration of that order is a medal of gold, 
enriched with a flower of the amaranth in 
enamel, with this motto :—“ Dolce nella me- 
moria.” 
In the floral games at Toulouse, the prize for 
the best lyrical verses is a golden amaranth. 
