FLORAL EMBLEMS. 323 



WAR. 



COMMON MILFOIL, OR YARROW. Achillea Millefolium. 

 " War's a game, which were their subjects wise, 



Kings would not play at." 



Cowper. 



The ancients named this plant after Achil- 

 les, the celebrated Grecian hero, on which ac- 

 count it has been made the emblem of war. 



- " O War, what art thou ? 

 After the brightest conquests, what remains 

 Of all thy glories ? For the vanquished chains : 

 For the proud victor what ? Alas ! to reign 

 O'er desolated nations." 



Hannah More. 



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