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2 llT’tl)USa bltlbosa. Natural Order: Orchidacece—Orchis Family. 
AMP places, such as swamps and low, marshy meadows, are 
^the chosen retreats of this beautiful plant. Each plant bears 
one handsome, large, fragrant flower, of a rich purple hue. 
It derives its name from Arethusa, a nymph of great beauty, 
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 fountain. 
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'T'HE clouds dispell’d, the sky resum’d her light, 
A 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. 
A RETHUSA arose 
1 From her couch of snows, 
In the Acroceraunian mountains,— 
From cloud and from crag 
With many a jag, 
Shepherding her bright fountains. 
She leapt down the rocks 
With her rainbow locks 
Streaming among the streams;— 
Her steps paved with green 
The downward ravine 
Which slopes to the western gleams; 
And gliding and springing, 
She went ever singing 
In murmurs as soft as sleep; 
The earth seemed to love her, 
And heaven above her, 
As she lingered toward the deep. 
—Shelly. 
T T IS 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. 
T T IS fear was greater than his haste; 
For fear, though fleeter than the wind, 
Believes ’tis always left behind. —Butler. 
pHOU shalt be punish’d for thus frighting me, 
For I am sick and capable of fears; 
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Oppress’d with wrongs, and therefore full of fears. 
-Shakespeare. 
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