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SYLVAN SKETCHES. 



" Behold at length where yonder clustering vine 

 Her amorous arms around the elm extends." 



And reiki's Adam. 



" Sometimes the beauteous, marriageable vine 

 He to the lusty bridegroom elm does join/' 



says Cowley ; although Horace, in the original ode, of 

 which this is a translation, speaks of the poplar instead 

 of the Elm : 



' ' Ergo aut adulta vitium propagine 

 Altas maritat populos." 



Ode ii. lib. v. 



'* The amorous vine 



Did with the fair and straight-hmbed elm entwine." 



F. Beaumont. 



The following passage is from Harris's Lines on the 

 Death and Works of Fletcher : 



'* Singly we now consult ourselves and fame. 

 Ambitious to twist ours with thy great name. 

 Hence we thus bold to praise : for as a vine 

 With subtle wreath, and close embrace, doth twine 

 A friendly elm, by whose tall trunk it shoots, 

 And gathers growth and moisture from its roots, 

 About its arms the thankful clusters cling 

 Like bracelets, and with purple ammelling 

 The blue-cheeked grape, stuck in its verdant hair 

 Hangs like rich jewels in a beauteous ear. 

 So grow our praises by thy wit ; we do 

 Borrow support and strength, and lend but show 



" The gentle myrtle 



Is not engraft upon an olive's stock ; 



Yet nature hath between them locked a secret 



Of sympathy, that, being planted near, 



* Beaumont and Fletcher, vol. i. p. 255, 



