. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. THE AMARANTH. few lines. The author regrets the rapid flight of time and the fleeting beauty of summer flowers, and then adds,—• "Je t'aper^ois, belle at noble Amarante ! Tu viens m'ofFrir, pour charmer mes douleurs. De ton velours la richesse ^clatante ; Ainsi la main de I'amiti^ constante, Quand tout nous fuit, vient essuyer nos pleurs. Ton doux aspect de ma lyre plaintive A ranim^ les accords languissants. Dernier tribut de Flore fugitive, EUe nous l^gue, avec la fleur tardive, Lc'
. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. THE AMARANTH. few lines. The author regrets the rapid flight of time and the fleeting beauty of summer flowers, and then adds,—• "Je t'aper^ois, belle at noble Amarante ! Tu viens m'ofFrir, pour charmer mes douleurs. De ton velours la richesse ^clatante ; Ainsi la main de I'amiti^ constante, Quand tout nous fuit, vient essuyer nos pleurs. Ton doux aspect de ma lyre plaintive A ranim^ les accords languissants. Dernier tribut de Flore fugitive, EUe nous l^gue, avec la fleur tardive, Lc' souvenir de ses premiers ; Queen Christina of Sweden, who wished to win for herself a name, by abdicating the throne that she might devote herself to literature and philosophy, founded an Order of Knights of the Amaranth. The decoration of this order is a gold medal, embellished with an Amaranth in enamel, with the motto, Dolce tiella memoria. In the floral games at Toulouse, the prize for the best lyric songs is a golden Amaranth. Our own Milton was not unmindful of the claims of the Amaranth to be inwoven in-his undying verse, though he imagines a flower which, transplanted from earth, should bloom for ever in heaven. Describing the worship of the Almighty Creator, when He had spoken to the angels of the " new heaven and earth," he says, "To the ground With solemn adoration down they cast Their crowns inwove with Amarant and gold, Immortal Amarant, a flower which once 12. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tyas, Robert, 1811-1879. London, New York, G. Routledge and sons
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