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The Folk-lore of Plants
·
T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
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"Marigold,
that
goes
to
bed
with
the
sun,
And
with
him
rises
weeping."
And
Moore,
describing
its
faithful
constancy,
says:--
"The
sunflower
turns
on
her
god
when
he
sets
The
same
look
which
she
did
when
he
rose."
Such
a
flower,
writes
Mr.
Ellacombe,
was
to
old
writers
"the
emblem
of
constancy
in
affection
and
sympathy
in
joy
and
sorrow,"
though
it
was
also
the
emblem
of
the
fawning
courtier,
who
can
only
shine
when
everything
is
right.
Anyhow,
the
so-called
heliotrope
was
the
subject
of
constant
symbolic
allusion:--
"The
flower,
enamoured
of
the
sun,
At
his
departure
hangs
her
head
and
weeps,
And
shrouds
her
sweetness
up,
and
keeps
Sad
vigils,
like
a
cloistered
nun,
Till
his
reviving
ray
appears,
Waking
her
beauty
as
he
dries
her
tears."[5]
The
aspen,
from
its
tremulous
motion,
has
been
made
symbolical
of
fear.
The
restless
movement
of
its
leaves
is
"produced
by
the
peculiar
form
of
the
foot-stalks,
and,
indeed,
in
some
degree,
the
whole
tribe
of
poplars
are
subject
to
have
their
leaves
agitated
by
the
slightest
breeze."[6]
Another
meaning
assigned
to
the
aspen
in
floral
language
is
scandal,
from
an
old
saying
which
affirmed
that
its
tears
were
made
from
women's
tongues--an
allusion
to
which
is
made
in
the
subjoined
rhyme
by
P.
Hannay
in
the
year
1622:--
"The
quaking
aspen,
light
and
thin,
To
the
air
quick
passage
gives;
Resembling
still
The
trembling
ill
Of
tongues
of
womankind,
Which
never
rest,
But
still
are
prest
To
wave
with
every
wind."
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