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Avethnusa, 
Avethusa bulbosa. Narurar Orver: Orchidacee—Orchis Family. 
It derives its name from Arethusa, a nymph of great beauty, 
a who served in the suit of the goddess Diana. She attracted the 
attention of the river-god Alpheus, while bathing in his river, the 
Alpheius of Arcadia. He immediately fell in love with her perfections, 
and she fled away abashed. To save her from his pursuit, she was 
changed by Diana into a fountaim 
Fear. 
HE clouds dispell’d, the sky resum’d her light, 
And nature stood recover’d of her fright, 
But fear, the last of ills, remain’d behind, 
And horror heavy sat on every mind. —Dryden. 
RETHUSA arose Her steps paved with green 
From her couch of snows, The downward ravine 
In the Acroceraunian mountains,— Which slopes to the western gleams; 
From cloud and from crag And gliding and springing, 
With many a jag, She went ever singing 
Shepherding her bright fountains. In murmurs as soft as sleep; 
She leapt down the rocks The earth seemed to love her, 
With her rainbow locks And heaven above her, 
Streaming among the streams ;— As she lingered toward the deep. 
—Shelly. 
H* hand did quake 
And tremble like a leaf of aspen green, 
And troubled blood through his pale face was seen, 
As it a running messenger had been. — Spenser. 
H* fear was greater than his haste; HOU shalt be punish’d for thus frighting me, 
For fear, though fleeter than the wind, For I am sick and capable of fears; 
Believes ’tis always left behind. —Builer. | Oppress'd with wrongs, and therefore full of fears. A 
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