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Title: Flowers and heraldry; or, Floral emblems and heraldic figures, combined to express pure sentiments, kind feelings, and excellent principles ..
Year: 1851 (1850s)
Authors: Tyas, Robert, 1811-1879
Subjects: Heraldry Flowers in art
Publisher: London, Houlston & Stoneman (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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teadfast love of years;The kindly, that from childhood grew, The faithful to thy tears!If there be one that oer the dead Hath in thy grief borne part.And watched through sickness by thy bed,— CaU his a kindred heart! 13^ FLOWERS AND HERALDRY. But for those bonds all perfect made, Wherein bright spirits blend,Like sister flowers of one sweet shade, With the same breeze that bend,For that full bliss of thought allied, Never to mortals given,—Oh! lay thy lovely dreams aside. Or lift them unto heaven. The motto, Dinna forget, is a fa-vourite saying with our northern brethren.They who hazard their lives to serve usare not likely to be forgotten, and of suchthe forget-me-not would remind us, whilethe permanence of the furze blossomthrough all seasons, not excepting thecold and frosty period of winter, willsuggest recollections of that lasting aifec-tion which knows no change, even whenthe blighting hand of adversity has de-prived us of every external attraction. SUB-ORDINARIES Plate. X.
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THE GYRON. The shield was vert on which there layTwo Gryrons bright as silvry day ;On each outspread a Crocus blueIn richest bloom of native hue ;And in the verdant field were drawnTwo Eose-buds white as fairest lawn:So youthful gladness warmest glowsWhere love no cloud or shadow throws. Anon. Eoll of Aem:s. In order to reduce the above into apictorial form, the shield having been firstdrawn, a line must be produced from thedexter chief corner to the sinister basecorner, and another must then be drawn infess, cutting the diagonal line in the fesspoint, i. e., in the middle of the shield.The opposite triangles thus formed willbe the two Gyrons, argent, on each ofwhich a blue crocus is to be painted.The remaining parts of the shield will lo6 FLOWERS AND HERALDRY. be vert, and on each of these a whiterose-bud is to be depicted. The crocusblooming early in the spring is the appro-priate emblem of youthful gladness, asthe white rose-bud is of that calmand peaceful condition of the youthful

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