240 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



POETRY. 



SWEET BRIAR, OR EGLANTINE. 

 Rosa rubiginosa, or Eglanteria. 



" Real indigenous poetry is a sweet flower." 



Campbell. 



(t Come, gentle air ! and while the thickets bloom, 

 Convey the jasmin's breath divine ; 

 Convey the woodbine's rich perfume, 

 Nor spare the sweet-leaved eglantine." 



Shenstone. 



The fragrance of the eglantine is as delight- 

 ful to the olfactory nerves, as the charms of 

 poetry are to the ear ; they both reach the 

 soul of sensibility, and each has its thorn. 



" How far have we 



Prophan'd thy heav'nly gift of poesy ? 

 Made prostitute and profligate the Muse, 

 Whose harmony was first ordain'd above 

 For tongues of angels." 



Dry den. 



