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Sweet-Brier, or Eglantine....P oetry. 
The Eglantine is the poet’s flower. In the floral 
games, it was the prize for the best composition on the 
charms of study and eloquence. Though its flowers 
are most beautiful in hue, their fragrance is their more 
valuable quality. In like manner, the charms of poetry 
and eloquence should be considered superior to those 
of appearance. 
And well the poet, at her shrine, 
May bend and worship while he woos; 
To him she is a thing divine, 
The inspiration of his line, 
His loved one, and his muse. 
If to his song the echo rings 
Of fame—’tis woman’s voice he hears; 
If ever from his lyre’s proud strings 
Flow sounds, like rush of angel wings, 
’Tis that she listens, while he sings, 
With blended smiles and tears. 
HallecJc. 
Give me the poet’s lyre ! 
And as the seraph in his orbit sings, 
Oh, may I strike the heaven-attuned strings, 
With a seraphic fire ! 
With music fill the mighty dome of mind, 
And the rapt souls of men in music brightly bind! 
J. W. H. 
