LEMON-TKEE. 



compassion on them, gave them a citron to eat. The con- 

 sequence of this was, that though they were exposed to the 

 bite of the most venomous serpents, they received no injury. 

 The governor being surprised at this extraordinary event, 

 inquired of the soldiers who guarded them, what they had 

 eaten or drunk that day, and being informed that they had 

 only eaten a citron, he ordered that the next day one of 

 them should eat citron, and the other not. He who had not 

 tasted the citron died presently after he was bitten ; the 

 other remained unhurt. 



Virgil compares it to a bay, for which he says it might be 

 mistaken, but for the difference of its perfume. Philips 

 celebrates the use of the Lemon in punch : 



" The lemon, uncorrupt with voyage long, 

 To vinous spirits added (heavenly drink!)" 



Cowley describes David and his wife walking 



" Upon their palace top, beneath a row 



Of Lemon-trees, which there did proudly grow, 



And with bright stores of golden fruit repay 



The light they drank from the sun's neighbouring ray." 



Among other romances lately translated from the Spanish 

 by Mr. Bowring is the following, describing a young 

 Spanish girl gathering Lemons : 



(C The rose looks out in the valley, 



And thither will I go : 

 To the rosy vale, where the nightingale 

 Sings his song of woe. 



The virgin is on the river side, 



Culling the lemons pale : 

 Thither, yes ! thither will I go, 



To the rosy vale, where the nightingale 

 Sings his song of woe. 



The fairest fruit her hand hath culled 



'Tis for her lover all : 

 Thither, yes ! thither, &c. &c. 



