In yonder enameled pansy by, There thou shalt have her curious eye; In bloom of peach, in rosy bud, There wave the streamers of her blood; In brightest lilies that there stands, The emblems of her whiter hands; In yonder rising hill there swells Such sweets as in her bosom dwells. 'Tis true (said I), and thereupon I went to pluck them one by one, To make of parts a union; But on a sudden all was gone. With that I stopped. Said Love, These be (Fond man) resemblances of thee; And in these flowers thy joys shall die, Even in the twinkling of an eye, And all thy hopes of her shall wither, Like these short sweets thus knit together. [1] Attributed to Herrick in Drake's 'Literary Hours.' EMILIA FLYGARE-CARLÉN (1807-1892) [Illustration: EMILIA CARLÉN] Emilia Smith Flygare-Carlén was born at Strömstad, Sweden, August 8th, 1807. She was the daughter of Rutger Smith, a merchant of that place, and here her childhood was passed, varied by frequent sea trips with her father, and excursions to different parts of the coast. It was probably these early maritime experiences that laid the foundation of her accurate knowledge of the character and habits of the Swedish fisherfolk. In 1827 she was married to Dr. Flygare, a physician of Kronbergslän, but after his death in 1833 she returned to her native place. As a child her talent for imaginative literature was known among her friends, but nothing of any permanent value was developed until after her thirtieth year, when her first novel, 'Waldemar Klein,' was published anonymously (1838). After this first successful literary attempt, she went to Stockholm upon the advice of her father (1839), and shortly after she was married to a lawyer of that city, Johan Gabriel Carlén, a Swedish poet and author. Her novels appeared in quick succession; she at once became popular, and her books were widely read. Her productivity was remarkable. The period of her highest accomplishment was from 1838 to 1852, when a great affliction in the loss of her son suspended her activities for several years. It was not until 1858 that she again resumed her writing. She was honored by the gold medal of the Swedish Academy (1862), and the success of her books was followed by abundant pecuniary reward as well as distinction. Her house in Stockholm was the centre of the literary life of the capital until the death of her husband in 1875, when she completely retired from the world. She established the "Rutger Smith Fund" for poor fishermen and their widows, made an endowment for students to the University of Upsala in memory of her son, and also founded in memory of her husband a fund for the assistance of teachers. She died at Stockholm, February 5th, 1892.