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GLANTINE, or EUROPEAN SWEET 

 BRIAR. Rosa Rubiginosa. Class 12, Ico- 

 sandria. Order: Polygyha. The eglan- 

 tine, or wild briar rose, more commonly call- 

 ed sweet briar, has ever been considered the 

 poet's flower. It is not loved for its fair de- 

 licate blossoms only ; but its fragrant leaves, 

 which perfume the breeze of dewy morn, and the soft breath of 

 eve, entitle it to its frequent association with the woodbine or 

 honeysuckle. 



POETRY. 



Its sides I'll plant with dew-sweet eglantine, 

 And honeysuckles full of clear bee-wine. 



Keats. 



Yonder is a girl who lingers 

 Where wild honeysuckle grows, 

 Mingled with the briar rose. 



H. Smith. 



A sweeter spot on earth was never found: 

 I -look'd, and look'd, and still with new delight; 

 Such joy my soul, such pleasures fill'd my sight ; 

 And the fresh eglantine exhaled a breath, 

 Whose odours were of power to raise from death. 



Dryden. 



Boon nature scatter'd, free and wild, 

 Each plant or flower, the mountain's child, 

 Here eglantine embalm'd the air, 

 Hawthorn and hazel mingled there; 

 The primrose pale, and violet flower, 

 Found in each cliff a narrow bower. 



Scott. 



