Scorpion flower is aka Scorpion Weed, a variety of perennial wildflowers from the family boraginaeae, mostly in the genus phacelia. That is to say, a scorpion flower is a kind of forget-me-not! Thus it symbolizes love, death, and love-transcending-death. The breast that feeds is logically the bosom of a mother of lover. "Render tears to your mortal act / Flower cursed be thy fruit" is telling the flower to cry in remorse for it's death-related activity, or mortal act, and then curses it's fruit. (They do cause rashes and stings that can be rather nasty.) This whole song bewails an unknown tragedy
Scorpion flower is aka Scorpion Weed, a variety of perennial wildflowers from the family boraginaeae, mostly in the genus phacelia. That is to say, a scorpion flower is a kind of forget-me-not! Thus it symbolizes love, death, and love-transcending-death. The breast that feeds is logically the bosom of a mother of lover. "Render tears to your mortal act / Flower cursed be thy fruit" is telling the flower to cry in remorse for it's death-related activity, or mortal act, and then curses it's fruit. (They do cause rashes and stings that can be rather nasty.) This whole song bewails an unknown tragedy