. Floral emblems . er face ; a thousand innocent shames. Shakspeare. FLORAL EMBLEMS. 81 BOASTER. Hydrangea.—Hydrangea Hortensis, * No more delays, vain boaster ! but begin;I prophesy beforehand I shall win :ril teach you how to brag another time. T)ryden, This Chinese Guelder rose is presented asthe emblem of a boaster, because its magni-ficent flowers are never succeeded by fiTiit,thus resembling- the vaunting words of a brag-gadocio, which are not followed by suitableresults. Who knows himself a him fear this ; for it will come to every braggart shall be found an ass.
. Floral emblems . er face ; a thousand innocent shames. Shakspeare. FLORAL EMBLEMS. 81 BOASTER. Hydrangea.—Hydrangea Hortensis, * No more delays, vain boaster ! but begin;I prophesy beforehand I shall win :ril teach you how to brag another time. T)ryden, This Chinese Guelder rose is presented asthe emblem of a boaster, because its magni-ficent flowers are never succeeded by fiTiit,thus resembling- the vaunting words of a brag-gadocio, which are not followed by suitableresults. Who knows himself a him fear this ; for it will come to every braggart shall be found an ass. Sliakspeare, 82 FLORAL EMBLEMS. BOLDNESS. Pine. Yon verdant pines, that midst the winter of Scotia or Virginias soil/^ Delille. These hardy offsprings of bleak and snowymountains are made symbolical of boldnessfrom the resistance they make to the rigourof the storms. True boldness (according to Locke) is thepower to speak or do what we intend, beforeothers, without fear or disorder. Tloxal imWeias. TcnrtA a-n^.3^tiizti/ united /^ t7zi _B^?z^s ir-7-x .Tit^txA-Aca</// Sa£ZM.^^^f^seluW^^.,f^d^ff?UiiieiS^/S2,i^ FLORAL EMBLEMS. 83 BOND OF LOVE , Honeysuckle or Woodbine.—Lonicera, So doth the woodbine, the sweet honeysuckleGently entwine. This happy emblem reminds us that sweet-ness of disposition is a firmer tie than daz-zling beauty. Copious of flowers, the woodbine, pale and wan,But well compensating her sickly looksWith never cloying odours, early and late. Cowper. bulkiness. Water Melon.—Melo Citrullus. This fruit, which flourishes and swells to agreat size in the sands of Egypt, is madesymbolical of bulkiness. The murmuring Israelites exclaimed, ^ Weremember the fish which we did eat in Egyptfreely ; the cucumbers and the melons. g2 84 FLORAL EMBLEMS. CALM REPOSE. BucKBEAN.—Menyanthes. Every pilotCan steer the ship in calms ; but he performsThe skilful part, can manage it in storms. De)iham. This aquatic plant, avoiding the rapidstreams, seeks recess
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