It is related that a young couple, who were on the eve of being united, whilst walking along the delightful banks of the Danube, saw one of these lovely flowers floating on the waves, which seemed ready to carry it away. The affianced bride admired the beauty of the flower, and regretted its fatal destiny. The lover was induced to precipitate himself into the water, where he had no sooner seized the flower than he sank into the flood; but making a last effort, he threw the flower upon the shore, and at the moment of disappearing for ever, he exclaimed, ” Virgil mich nicht,” since which time this flower has been made emblematical, and taken the name of ” Forget-me-not.”
- From The Sentiment of Flowers by Robert Tyas
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