. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. THE DAISY. reclined upon golden clouds, appear and open to him the mysterious gates of the fountain of Flora. There, the band of innocents, knowing nought of evil, are continually engaged folding up in sheaths, which cannot be seen by mortal eyes, the germs of flowers which every succeeding Spring shall cause to bloom. Every day, this infantine legion scatters over the earth those delicate buds, as the dews of rosy- fingered morning fall; a countless host of delicate hands inclose the rose
. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. THE DAISY. reclined upon golden clouds, appear and open to him the mysterious gates of the fountain of Flora. There, the band of innocents, knowing nought of evil, are continually engaged folding up in sheaths, which cannot be seen by mortal eyes, the germs of flowers which every succeeding Spring shall cause to bloom. Every day, this infantine legion scatters over the earth those delicate buds, as the dews of rosy- fingered morning fall; a countless host of delicate hands inclose the rose in her bud, the grain in its sheath, the huge branches of an oak in a single acorn, and sometimes a whole forest in one invisible seed-vessel. "' We have seen, oh, Malvina! we have seen the child which you vainly regret, cradled upon a fleecy cloud; he drew near us, and shed over our fields a harvest of new flowers! Look, oh Malvina 1 among them we distinguish one with a golden disc, surrounded as it were with plates of silver; a light soft purple tips its delicate rays; poised among the grass by a gentle breeze, one might fancy it to be a little child sporting itself in the verdant mead. Cease from tears, oh, Malvina! The hero is dead, clad in his armour, and the flower of your bosom has given a new flower to the hills of Cromla.' "The sweetness of these songs allayed the grief of Malvina ; she took her golden harp and sang in harmony with its notes, the song of " From that day forth, the maidens of Morven have con- secrated the little Daisy to early infancy. It is, they say, the flower of Innocency; the flower of the new-born ; Cowper refers to the Daisy as the child's flower:— 69. 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 Y
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