NIGHT SHADE. 

 Solanum Nigrum, 

 or, Atropa belladonna. 



Scepticism. 



OAK LEAF. 

 Quercus. 



Bravery. 



Ah me ! the laurel'd wreath that murder rears, 

 Blood-nurs'd and water'd by the widow's tears, 

 Seems not so foul, so tainted, and so dread, 

 As waves the night-shade round the sceptic head. 



Campbell. 



But you are learn'd ; in volumes deep you sit. 



Your learning, like the lunar beam, affords 

 Light, but not heat ; it leaves you undevout, 

 Frozen at heart, while speculation shines. 



Young. 



A fugitive from heaven and prayer, 

 He mock'd at all religious fear, 

 Deep scienc'd in the mazy lore 

 Of mad philosophy. . . . Horace. Ode XXXIV. 



A foe to God, was ne'er true friend to man. Young. 



The manly oak ! the pensive yew, 

 To patriot, and to sage, be due. 



Scott. 



And for his meed was brow-bound with the oak. 



Shaks. 



He comes the third time home with oaken garland. 



It is held 



That valour is the chiefest virtue, and 

 Most dignifies the haver : if it be, 

 The man I speak of, cannot in the world 

 Be singly counterpoised 



Not to the sanguine field alone, 



Is valour limited : she sits serene 



In the deliberate council, sagely scans 



The source of every action ; weighs, prevents, provides, 



And scorns to count her glories from the feats 



Of brutal force alone Smollet. 



By his light, 



Did all the chivalry of England move 

 To do brave acts ; he was indeed the glass 

 Wherein the noble youth did dress themselves. Shaks. 



OATS. 



Avena. 



Music. 



Music resembles poetry : in each 



Are nameless graces, which no methods teach, 



And which a master's hand alone can reach ! 



Pope. 



