Ophelia told us that pansies "are for thoughts." The lovely flowers have served for thoughts in many ways. Very pretty thoughts are expressed in the following lines, sent with a basket of these flowers to Frederick Fraley, one of Philadelphia's honored citizens, on entering his eighty-second birthday, by the Rev. Jessy Y.

Burk:

"Pansies to 82 !

A tribute strange - But stranger still, such opportunity. Of most of human kind the heart is dust, Its tumult stilled, its passions all at rest, Long ere such venerable years are gained. Some linger on a vegetative life, In circles ever wider from the heart, That slowly dies to all the outer world And finds inglorious ease in selfishness. But thou, O friend, in whom the living heart Is most alive - to thee Heartsease I bring - A fitting tribute to the peace it holds. Heartsease in retrospect - these purple hues A token of the toils and sorrows past That only chastened - did not spod the life; These sky-like blues, an emblem of to-day, Serene and calm, when all is well with thee, And life is fragrant with the autumn fruits Now ripened to the full; these golden tints A symbol of the light in that fair land Not far off now, where fuller heart's ease blooms. And so I bring Pansies to 82!"