. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. THE PINK. which can double and triple its petals, variegate and diversify its colour, does not know how to render his changes constant. Thus Nature has sown in our heart the delightful germ of feeling. Art and Society, in developing and cultivating this germ, improve, weaken, or elevate it. A hundred causes combining together can make these effects inconstant and changeable; but, notwithstanding the caprices, the errors, and the incomprehensible workings of the human heart, Nature ultimatel
. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. THE PINK. which can double and triple its petals, variegate and diversify its colour, does not know how to render his changes constant. Thus Nature has sown in our heart the delightful germ of feeling. Art and Society, in developing and cultivating this germ, improve, weaken, or elevate it. A hundred causes combining together can make these effects inconstant and changeable; but, notwithstanding the caprices, the errors, and the incomprehensible workings of the human heart, Nature ultimately brings back the feelings and opinions into their proper channel. Rochefoucauld has said, " It is with true love as with a spectral appearance: all the world speaks of it, but few or none have seen it!" What does this fretful moralist understand by true love .? Does he wish to make us believe that true love is a chimera 1 No, true love lives in our hearts ; but " J'ai vu I'amour pourtrait en divers lieux : L'un le peint vieil, cruel et furieux; L'autre plus doux, enfant, aveugle, nu ; Chacun le tient pour tel qu'il I'a connu Par ses bienfaits ou par sa forfaiture. Pour mieux au vrai ddfini sa nature, C'est que chacun varie en son cerveau Un dieu d'amour pour lui propre et nouveau. Et qu'il y a dans les entendemens D'amours autant que de sortes d';— 160. 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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