Bay Leaf - The Language of Flowers

Bay Leaf.
The Greek fable relates, that Daphne was transformed into the Bay tree, and that Apollo, her lover, crowned his head with leaves.
I change but in Death.

Though fate ordains that we must part,
And each fond tie doth sever,
Yet still thou reignest in my heart,
To be dethroned never!

Thy resting place it still shall be,
Should grief or care assail thee;
And when thy summer friends all flee,
This refuge ne'er shall fail thee.

Thy memory, fondly there enshrined,
The dews of thought shall nourish;
And from the dross of earth refined,
The plant of love shall flourish.

C. A. Fillebrown.