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230 FLORA'S LEXICON. 



ARROW. Achillea Millefolium. Class 10, 

 Syngenesia. Order: Superflua. Milfoil, 

 or Yarrow, cicatrizes all wounds made by 

 iron. It is said that Achilles, whose name 

 it bears, used it to cure the wounds of Tel e- 

 phus. Its having received from the ancients : 

 the name of this celebrated hero renders it j 

 a very appropriate emblem of war. 



WAR. 



It was a dread, yet spirit-stirring sight! 

 The billows foam'd beneath a thousand oars. 

 Fast as they land, the red-cross ranks unite, 

 Legions on legions brightening all the shores. 

 Then banners rise, and cannon-signal roars, 

 Then peals the warlike thunder of the drum, 

 Thrills the loud fife, the trumpet flourish pours, 

 And patriot hopes awake, and doubts are dumb ; 

 For bold in freedom's cause, the bands of ocean come. 



Scott. 



'T was bustle in the court below, 



"Mount and march forward!" forth they go; 



Steeds neigh and trample all around, 



Steel rings, spears glimmer, trumpets sound. 



SCOTT. 



Thus while they looked, a flourish proud, 

 Where mingled trump, and clarion loud, 

 And fife, and kettle-drum, 

 And sackbut deep, and psaltery, 

 And war-pipe with discordant cry, 

 And cymbal clattering to the sky, 

 Making wild music bold and high, 

 Did up the mountain come. 



Scott. 



