Yet, no--not words, for they
But half can tell love's feeling;
Sweet flowers alone can say
What passion fears revealing.[066] A once bright rose's withered leaf--
A towering lily broken--
Oh, these may paint a grief
No words could e'er have spoken.
Moore.
By all those token flowers that tell
What words can ne'er express so well.
Byron.
A mystic language, perfect in each part.
Made up of bright hued thoughts and perfumed speeches.
Adams.
If we are to believe Shakespeare it is not human beings only who use a floral language:--
Fairies use flowers for their charactery.