HERBS AND THEIR ORIGIN 39 



must smell whether we will or no. The leaf 

 scents have to be coaxed out by touching, bruising, 

 or pressing, but there they are, all the time. 



HERBULARIS 



" A chaplet then of Herbs I'll make 



Than which though yours be braver, 

 Yet this of mine I'll undertake 



Shall not be short of savour: 

 With Basil then I will begin, 



Whose scent is wondrous pleasing; 

 This Eglantine I'll next put in. 



The sense with sweetness seizing; 

 Then in my Lavender I lay, 



Muscado put among it, 

 With here and there a leaf of Bay, 



Which still shall run along it. 



" Germander, Marjoram and Thyme, 



Which us^d are for strewing; 

 With Hyssop as an Herb most prime 



Here in my breath bestowing; 

 Then Balm and Mint help to make up 



My Chaplet, and for trial 

 Cost Mary that so likes the cup. 



And next it Pennyroyal. 

 Then Burnet shall bear up with this. 



Whose leaf I greatly fancy; 

 Some Chamomile does not amiss 



With Savoury and some Tansy. 



" Then here and there I'll put a sprig 

 Of Rosemary into it, 

 Thus not too little nor too big, 

 'Tis done if I can do it." 



Michael Drayton. 



