DICTIONARY. 
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Morals, Wild Rue. The Moly, which Mercury is 
said to have given to Ulysses, as an antidote to 
Circe’s beverage, is supposed to have been the 
root of the wild Rue. 
Mourning, Weeping Willow. Page 44. 
-, Cypress. Page 216. 
Music, Reeds. Pan, who was in love with the 
beautiful Syrinx, was pursuing her one day 
on the bank of the river Ladon in Arcadia. 
The Nymph implored the help of the river, 
which received her into its waters, and trans¬ 
formed her into a cluster of Reeds. Pan cut 
several of the stalks of these Reeds of different 
lengths, and with them is said to have con¬ 
structed the shepherd’s pipe, 
My Bane, My Antidote, White Poppy. Page 
167. 
My best days are past, Meadow Saffron. Page 
204. 
My regrets follow you to the grave. Asphodel. In 
ancient times, the Asphodel was planted near 
tombs, and it was thought that beyond the 
Acheron the shades of the deceased wandered 
in a vast field of Asphodels, and drank the ob¬ 
livious waters of Lethe. 
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