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UE. Rula Graveolens. Class 10, Decan- 

 dria. Order: Monooynia. This plant was 

 formerly called Herb of Grace, from its be- 

 ing used to sprinkle holy water. 



" Here did she drop a tear; here in this place 

 I '11 set a bank of rue, sour herb of grace." 



GRACE, OR PURIFICATION. 



Bow and sue for grace 



With suppliant knee. 



Milton. 



-Reverend sirs, 



For you there's rosemary and rue; these keep 

 Seeming and savour all the winter long: 

 Grace and remembrance be to you both. 



Shakspeare. 



O momentary grace of mortal man, 



Which we more hunt for than the grace of God, 



Who builds his hope in air of your fair looks, 



Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast; 



Ready, with every nod, to tumble down 



Into the fatal bowels of the deep. 



Shakspeare. 



'Tis ever thus when favours are denied; 

 All had been granted but the thing we beg; 

 And still some great unlikely substitute, 

 Your life, your souls, your all of earthly good, 

 Is proffer' d in the room of one small boon. 



Baillie. 



No trifle is so small as what obtains, 

 Save that which loses favour; 'tis a breath 

 Which hangs upon a smile! a look, a word, 

 A frown, the air-built tower of fortune shakes, 

 And down the unsubstantial fabric falls. 



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