rfume and modest colour so agree-ably attend the path to summer. * Youth is the vision of a morn, That flies the coming day :It is the blossom of the thorn, Which rude winds sweep away.Tis Uke the charming hue that glows Upon a virgins face ;Till care hath nippd her fading rose. And withered every… … FLORAL EMBLEMS. 129 EGOTISM AND SELF-LOVE. Narcissus.—Narcissus. Narcissus fair.As oer the fabled fountain hanging still. Thompson. From Ovids beautiful metamorphosis ofthe lovely and coy Narcissus into this flowerhas originated the emblem. Narcissus on the grassy verdure lies:But whilst within the…
Flower language · Flowers in literature · Emblems
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