LOVE-LETTERS MADE OF FLOWERS. ON A PRINT OF ONE OF THEM IN A BOOK. A BY LEIGH HUNT. N exquisite invention this, Worthy of Love's most honeyed kiss, This art of writing billet-doux In buds, and odors, and bright hues ! What delight, in some sweet spot Growing one's own choice words and fancies To guard from blight as well as bathos, A letter comes just gathered. We Of balm and pea, and its confessions (To keep its remarks fresh,) go round (Words, that while they greet, go through you), Bridewort, - in short, the whole blest lot Of vouchers for a life-long kiss, |