FLORA'S LEXICON. 



GLANTINE, or EUROPEAN SWEET 

 BUI All. Itosa Ruing inosa. Class 12, Ico- 

 SAZIDRIA. Order: POLYOYNIA. The eglan- 

 tine, or wild briar rose, more common]} 7 ' call- 

 ed sweet briar, has ever been considered the 

 poet's flower. It is not loved for its fair de- 

 licate blossoms only ; but its fragrant leaves, 

 wl./JK pcrlbro.3 the breeze of dewy morn, and the soft breath of 

 ev^j s.T>'l2 i': to its frequent association with the woodbine or 



POETRY. 



Its sides I'll plant with dew-sweet eglantine, 

 And honeysuckles full of clear bee-wine. 



KEATS. 



Yonder is a girl who lingers 

 Where wild honeysuckle grows, 

 Mingled with the briar rose. 



II. SMITH. 



A sweeter spot on earth was never found: 

 I look'd, and look'd, and still witli new delight; 

 Such joy my soul, such pleasures fill'd my sight; 

 And the fresh eglantine exhaled a breath, 

 Whose odours were of power to raise from death. 



DRYDEN. 



Boon nature scatter'd, free and wild, 

 Each plant or flower, the mountain's child, 

 Here eglantine embalm'd the air, 

 Hawthorn and hazel mingled there; 

 The primrose pale, and violet flower, 

 Found in each cliff a narrow bower. 



SCOTT. 



