. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. THE DAISY. THE DAISY {Bellis perennis).—INNOCENCE. Wordsworth calls the Daisy "the Poet's darling," and not without reason. By a prose poet it has been made the emblem of Innocence; here we have an account of the cause of this:— "Malvina, bent over the tomb of Fingal, bewailed the valiant Oscar, and also Oscar's son, who died ere he saw the light, "The virgins of Morven, to allay Malvina's grief, often came about her, honouring by their songs the death of the hero and th
. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. THE DAISY. THE DAISY {Bellis perennis).—INNOCENCE. Wordsworth calls the Daisy "the Poet's darling," and not without reason. By a prose poet it has been made the emblem of Innocence; here we have an account of the cause of this:— "Malvina, bent over the tomb of Fingal, bewailed the valiant Oscar, and also Oscar's son, who died ere he saw the light, "The virgins of Morven, to allay Malvina's grief, often came about her, honouring by their songs the death of the hero and the death of the new-born. "'The hero is fallen,' they sang; 'he is fallen! and the sound of his arms has re-echoed over the plain; sickness, which takes away courage; old age, which discredits the deeds of the brave, can no more reach him; he is fallen! and the sound of his arms has re-echoed over the plain.' "' Admitted to the palace of the shades where his ances- tors dwell, he drinks with them of the cup of immortality. O beloved of Oscar! no longer shed tears of sorrow; the hero is fallen! he is fallen! and the sound of his arms has re-echoed over the plain.' "Then with softer voice, they said again to her: 'Your child, who never saw the light, has never known the bitter- ness of life; his young soul, borne aloft on glittering wings, reaches with the first dawn of day the mansions of light. The souls of children, who, as well as he, have, without knowing sorrow, burst through the fetters of mortal life, 68. 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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