128 FABLES OF FLORA. 
The poets have not neglected the Poppy. In 
the Garland of Flora we find the following among 
many extracts. 
In the garden of Mammon, 
‘ Mournful Cypress grew in greatest store, 
And trees of bitter gall, — and Hcben sad, 
Dead-sleeping Poppy, and black Hellebore.’ 
Spenser. 
‘ Not Poppy and mandragora. 
Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, 
Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet 6leep 
Which thou ow’dst yesterday.’ 
Shakspeare, 
‘But pleasures are like Poppies spread, 
You seize the flower, its bloom is shed.’ 
Burns. 
In the garden of the Castle of Indolence, 
‘Was nought around but images of rests 
Sleep-soothing groves, and quiet lawns between s 
And flowery beds that slumberous influence best 
From Poppies breathed.’ Thomson. 
‘Autumn, half asleep — drowned with the fume of 
Poppies.' Kb ats. 
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