"MANY such there are, 



Fair Ferns and Flowers, and chiefly that tall Fern 

 So stately, of the Queen Osmunda named ; 

 Plant lovelier in its own retired abode 

 On Grasmere's beach, than Naiad by the side 

 Of Grecian brook, or Lady of the Mere 

 Sole sitting by the shores of Old Romance." 



WORDSWOBTH. 



: WHO hath the virtue to express the rare 



And curious virtues both of herbs and stones ? 



Is there an herb for that ? Oh that thy care 

 Would show a root that gives expressions ! 



( And if an herb hath power, what have the stars ? 



A rose, besides his beauty, is a cure. 

 Doubtless our plagues and plenty, peace and wars, 



Are there much surer than our art is sure." 



' Herbs gladly cure our flesh, because that they 

 Find their acquaintance there." 



HERBERT. 



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