FLORA'S LEXICON. 



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\r UE. Rula Graveolens. Class 10, DECAN- 

 DRIA. Order: MONOGYNIA. This plant was 

 formerly called Herb of Grace, from its be- 

 ing 1 used to sprinkle holy water. 



" Here did she drop a tear ; here in this place 

 I '11 set a bank of rue, sour herb of grace." 



GRACE, OR PURIFICATION. 



MILTON. 



Bow and sue for grace 



With suppliant knee. 



Reverend sirs, 



For you there's rosemary and rue; these keep 

 Seeming 1 and savour all the winter long: 

 Grace and remembrance be to you both. 



SHAKSPEARE. 



O momentary grace of mortal man, 



Which we more hunt for than the grace of God, 



Who builds his hope in air of your fair looks, 



Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast; 



Ready, with every nod, to tumble down 



Into the fatal bowels of the deep. 



SHAKSPEARE. 



'Tis ever thus when favours are denied; 

 All had been granted but the thing we beg; 

 And still some great unlikely substitute, 

 Your life, your souls, your all of earthly good, 

 Is profter'd in the room of one small boon. 



BAILLIE. 



No trifle is so small as what obtains, 

 Save that which loses favour ; 't is a breath 

 Which hangs upon a smile! a look, a word, 

 A frown, the air-built tower of fortune shakes, 

 And down the unsubstantial fabric falls. 



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