102 FLORA'S LEXICON 



ONEYSUCKLE, or WOODBINE. Loni- 

 cera. Class 5, Pentandria. Order : Mo- 

 nogynia. The honeysuckle sometimes amo- 

 rously attaches its pliant branches to the 

 knotted trunk of an ancient oak, and amid 

 the rugged branches of that lordly tree, 

 The woodbines mix in amorous play, 

 And breathe their fragrant lives away. 

 It was said that this feeble tree, thus shooting into the air, 

 would overtop the king of the forest ; but, as if its efforts were 

 unavailing, it soon recoiled, and with graceful negligence adorned 

 its friendly supporter with elegant festoons and perfumed gar- 

 lands. 



BONDS OF LOVE. 



That sweet honeysuckle, which 



Is fair as fragrant. 



Carrington. 



The woodbine wild, 



That loves to hang, on barren boughs remote, 



Her wreaths of flowery perfume. 



Mason. 



Who rears his cot 



Deep in the rural shade, and wreaths around 



His lattice the rath woodbine! 



Carrington. 



Fair is thy level landscape, England, fair 



As ever nature form'd ! Away it sweeps, 



A wide, a smiling prospect, gay with flowers, 



And waving grass, and trees of amplest growth, 



And sparkling rills, and rivers winding slow 



Through all the smooth immense. Upon the eye 



Arise the village and the village spire, 



The clustering hamlet, and the peaceful cot 



Clasp'd by the woodbine. 



Carrington. 



