SYLVAN SKKTCHKS. 



hand, while with the right he appeal^ to draw a contrite 

 spirit from the jaws of hell. 



Some think it should be printed anoint thee, instead of 

 aroint thee. A ^^itch. in Ben Jonson's Masque of Queens, 

 exclaims. 



Sisters, stay, we want our dame ; 



Call upon her by her name, 



And the charms we use to say : 



That she quickly anoint, and come away.'"' 



Anoint would carrv nearly the same meaning a.s 

 avaunt ; it v,-ould. at least, si^iifv a prepai'ation for 

 departure : for it is umderstood of that amiable >i-ter- 

 hood, that when thev T\-ished to transport themselves 

 from one place to another, thev alwavs anointed them- 

 selves, and sometime- the tiling thev rode on. whatever 

 that might lie, Some have inquired so deeply into this 

 subject, as to know all the ingi'edients of the witch's 

 ointment. 



Tliis is supposed to be the tree designed by Virgil, in 

 the second Georgic. where he mentions several trees as 

 bemg capable of grafting with others : 



'■^ Castaues fagus. ornusque incanuit albo 



Flore pyri. glandemque sues fregere sub ulmis." 



Thus mastful beech the bristly chestnut bears_, 

 And the wild ash is white with blooming pears ; 

 And greedy swine from grafted elms are fed 

 With falling acorns, that on oaks are bred/' 



D li Y D I X s T r a ri sla t i o n . 



Modem gardeners, however, do not approve of grafting 

 where there is no affinity. 



A poet of our own time-, and one whom all admirer> 



