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Thyme .. ..Activity. 
Among the ancient Greeks, Thyme denoted the grace¬ 
ful elegance of the Attic style; because it covered Mount 
Hymettus, and gave an aromatic flavour to the honey 
made there. Those writers who had mastered the Attic 
style were said “to smell of Thyme.” Flies of all 
shapes, beetles of all hues, bi’ight butterflies, and vigi¬ 
lant bees for ever surround the flower tufts of Thyme, 
and they thus seem to teem with life. Activity is a 
warlike virtue, and is ever associated with true courage. 
On this notion, the ladies of the days of chivalry em¬ 
broidered on the scarfs which they presented to their 
knights the figure of a bee hovering about a sprig of 
Thyme. 
I am not old,—though years have cast 
Their shadows on my way; 
I am not old,—though youth has passed, 
On rapid wings away. 
For in my heart a fountain flows, 
And round it pleasant thoughts repose; 
And sympathies, and feelings high, 
Spring like stars on evening’s sky. 
Parle Benjamin. 
The thrifty Thyme a home can find, 
Where smiles the sun, and breathes the wind. 
Mrs. Hale. 
