such delightful charms tothe face of nature, and though themind may pass on to the return ofautumn, when the periods of light be-come briefer, and the heavy clouds en-shroud the earth in gloom, yet eventhen the pretty michaelmas daisy willbe found to cheer the season, and, asit were, to shorten the… … IV. THE BEND SINISTER. A sable Bend sinister, black as night, Is drawn athwart a shield of pearly white ; On either side, a Blackthorn couped is laid, And on the Bend three Lilacs white portrayed. The path which youth doth tread is dark and drear, Whereer he turns, there difficulty s near. Ayox.…
Heraldry · Flowers in art
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