FABLES OF FLORA. 13 
The woodbine was in Eden; that is, if Milton 
be authority. 
< Let us divide our labors; thou, where choice 
Leads thee, or where most needs s whether to wind 
The woodbine round this arbor, or direct 
The clasping ivy where to climb s while X, 
In yonder spring of roses, intermixed 
With myrtle, find what to redress till noon.’ 
Old Chaucer speaks of the knights who wore 
chaplets of fresh woodbine on their heads, as being 
• Such as never were 
To love untrue, in word, in thought, in dede.’ 
From this circumstance, the vine is regarded 
as the emblem oi fidelity. 
FABLE III. 
The Woodbine. 
Crushed amid stones, a Woodbine grew; 
Its leaves were dusty, dim, and few, 
Its tendrils dead; 
A boy went roving through the dell; 
Upon the vine his blue eye fell; 
‘ Thou shalt not in such misery dwell, 
Poor thing! ’ he said. 
