240 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



POETRY. 



Sweet Briar, or Eglantine. 

 Rosa ruhiginosa, or Eglanteria. 



*' Real indigenous poetry is a sweet flower." 



Campbell, 



'* Come, gentle air ! and while the thickets bloom. 

 Convey the jasmin's breath divine ; 

 Convey the woodbine's rich perfume. 

 Nor spare the sweet-leaved eglantine." 



Shenstone. 



The fragrance of the eglantine is as dehght- 

 fvil to the olfactory nerves, as the charms of 

 poetry are to the ear ; they both reach the 

 soul of sensibility, and each has its thorn. 



'' How far have we 



Prophan'd thy heav'nly gift of poesy ? 

 Made prostitute and profligate the Muse, 

 Whose harmony was first ordain'd above 

 For tongues of angels." 



Dry den. 



