. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. VENUS'S LOOKING-GLASS. The varied colours run; and while they break On the charmed eye, th' exulting florist'marks With secret pride, the wonders of his ; and then Kleist asks, " Who thus, O Tulip ! thy gay painted breast, In all the colours of the sun hath drest! Well could I call thee, in thy gaudy pride. The queen of flowers ;" but alas ! it has not her fragrance ; rather we may say of it, " Yet no delicious scent it yields, to cheer the garden or the fields. Vai
. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. VENUS'S LOOKING-GLASS. The varied colours run; and while they break On the charmed eye, th' exulting florist'marks With secret pride, the wonders of his ; and then Kleist asks, " Who thus, O Tulip ! thy gay painted breast, In all the colours of the sun hath drest! Well could I call thee, in thy gaudy pride. The queen of flowers ;" but alas ! it has not her fragrance ; rather we may say of it, " Yet no delicious scent it yields, to cheer the garden or the fields. Vainly in gaudy colours drest, 'tis rather gazed on than ; VENUS'S LOOKING-GLASS {Campanula Speculum).— Flattery. This is a pretty annual border-flower of great beauty, which, from May to August, opens its shining purple flowers in our fields so soon as the sun sheds his golden light upon them. If clouds should intercept his rays, then the sensitive petals close themselves as at the approach of night. A fanciful fable tells us that Venus let one of her mirrors fall upon the earth. A shepherd found this bijou, and looking upon it, as it had the power of reflecting an image more beautiful than the reality, he forgot his mistress, and cared for nothing but to admire himself in the glass. Cupid, fearing the consequences of so great an error, broke the glass and transformed the pieces into this pretty Campanula, which has ever since borne the name of Venus's 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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