. Flowers and heraldry; or, Floral emblems and heraldic figures, combined to express pure sentiments, kind feelings, and excellent principles .. . ts raysAnd sheds its cheerful light oer gloomy days. No one can fail to admire the elegantcoat of arms which the hepatica, the lilyof the valley, and the starwort haveenabled us to devise. Nor can theirfitness to represent the sentiments whichthey are selected for be doubted. In thecold wet month of February we see the beau-tiful hepatica in full bloom, and bear withcontentment that dull season, in the con-fidence that the lily of the valley willsoo
. Flowers and heraldry; or, Floral emblems and heraldic figures, combined to express pure sentiments, kind feelings, and excellent principles .. . ts raysAnd sheds its cheerful light oer gloomy days. No one can fail to admire the elegantcoat of arms which the hepatica, the lilyof the valley, and the starwort haveenabled us to devise. Nor can theirfitness to represent the sentiments whichthey are selected for be doubted. In thecold wet month of February we see the beau-tiful hepatica in full bloom, and bear withcontentment that dull season, in the con-fidence that the lily of the valley willsoon be seen among the many fiowerswhich impart 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 duration of Natures G 82 FLOWERS AND HERALDRY. night. Hence, though scarcely adequateto the expression, the suitableness of themotto, Fiducia animum renovat.—Con-fidence reanimates the mind. Plate. V. 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. EoLL OF Aems. When mention is made of the Bendin heraldry, we understand the Benddexter as described in the preceding saw there that this ordinary, as wellas some others, might be voided; and wemay here state, that there are severalmodifications of it, all of which may befound useful in the construction of floralcoats of arms. First, there is the bendlet,a diminutive of the Bend, three of whichwere borne by the poet Byron, the here-ditary arms of his ancient house. bendlets enhanced gu.; because theyG 2 84 FLOWERS AND HERALDRY. a
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