FIELD FLOWERS 



the Parmelia, the Venus' Looking- 

 glass ; the Esula or Wood Spurge, mys- 

 terious and full of sombre fire ; the Phy- 

 salidis, whose fruit ripens in a lantern; 

 the Henbane, the Belladonna, the Digi- 

 talis, poisonous queens, veiled Cleopa- 

 tras of the untilled places and the cool 

 woods. And then, again, the Camomile, 

 the good-capped Sister with a thousand 

 smiles, bringing the health-giving brew 

 in an earthenware bowl; the Pimper- 

 nel and the Coronilla, the pale Mint 

 and the pink Thyme, the Sainfoin and 

 the Euphrasy, the Ox-eye Daisy, the 

 mauve Gentian and the blue Verbena, 

 the Anthemis, the lance-shaped Horse- 

 Thistle, the Cinquefoil or Potentilla,the 

 Dyer's Weed .... to tell their names 

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