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Title: Floral emblems
Year: 1825 (1820s)
Authors: Phillips, Henry, 1775-1838
Subjects: Flower language Flowers in literature Emblems
Publisher: London, Saunders and Otley
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
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China, Japan,and some parts of Persia. Singularity is frequently adopted by thosewho have no other claims to public notice;but it is justly observed, that to be singular inany thing that is wise and worthy, is not adisparagement but a praise. 284 FLORAL EMBLEMS. SNARE. Dragon Plant.—Arum dracunculus. Oh ! wander not where drao-on Arum showrsHer baleful dews, and twines her purple flowers,Lest round thy neck she throw her snaring arms.Sap thy lifes blood, and riot on thy charms.Her shining berry, as the ruby bright.Might please thy taste, and tempt thy eager sight.Trust not this specious veil; beneath its guise.In honeyd streams, a fatal poison lies. Mrs. F. A. Rowden. The above lines were penned to cautionchildren ag-ainst the dangers of this beautifulvegetable production. But as children of afull growth are frequently entangled, we shallcaution them in the words of Dry den, whosays, The spreading snare for all mankind is laid.And lovers all betray, or are betrayd. TloTai EniLlextis
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J^i^7Z(Pzv^7zeS,i a.77.\i^z9ttr rri?^n S(r7zr^a!€ FLORAL EMBLEMS. 285 SOLITUDE. Heath .—Erica.The Erica here, That oer the Caledonian hills sublime. Spreads its dark mantle, (where the bees delight. To seek their purest honey,) flourishes. Mrs, C, Smith.* To you, ye wastes, whose artless charmNeer drew ambitions eye,Scapd a tumultuous worlds alarms.To your retreats I fly. Deep in your most sequesterd bower,Let me at last recline;Where solitude, mild modest power.Leans on her ivyd shrine. Beattie. The beautiful heath with its purple bells,has been chosen for the emblem of solitude,because it grows only in poor acrid soil, con-sequently in dreary situations. What callst thou solitude ? Is not the earthWith various living creatures, and the air,Replenishd, and all these at thy command,To come and play before thee. Milton. 28G FLORAL EMBLEMS. SORROWFUL REMEMBRANCES. Ado NI s.—Adonis. Adonis dont la vie eut des termes si courts Qui fut pleure des ris, qui fut plaint des amours. La Fo

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