THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND 
Purification., Kue. 
In olden times, with bunches of sour Rue, 
Was holv water sprinkled by the priest. 
And hence the name was given, “ herb of (trace. 
Because it was employed to purify. 
Water Lily 
Purity, 
The stately flower, the spotless river queen, 
With silver chalices on stems of green. 
Uplifted aye to catch the morning: dews, 
■Who can, to her the praise of purity refuse r 
Quicksightedness, Hawkw 
Food of the hawk, whose piercing eye 
Afar his quarry can espy : ... 
We give thv blossoms, golden bright. 
To those who are most keen of sight. 
Mandrake, 
Rarity, 
The wondrous plant of virtues strange and rare, 
« Whose root shows half a man,” J tis said, * whose 
Witi madness strikes.” So Calumelia tells. 
And better ’tis it should be rare, methinks. 
Reason, uoavs itu 
The Galega officinalis, known 
But little here, in such repute hath grown 
’Monvstthe Italians, that it hath become 
Of reason emblematical with some. 
