DICTIONARY. 
283 
Morals, Wild Rue. The Holy, which Mercury 
is said to have given to Ulysses, as an anti¬ 
dote to Circe’s beverage, is supposed to have 
been the root of the wild Rue. 
Mourning, Weeping Willow. Page 36. 
-, Cypress. Page 210. 
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 differ¬ 
ent lengths, and with them is said to have 
constructed the shepherd’s pipe. 
My Bane, My Antidote, White Poppy. Page 
161. 
My best days are past, Meadow Saffron. 
Page 198. 
My regrets follow you to the grave, As¬ 
phodel. In ancient times, the Asphodel was 
planted near tombs, and it was thought that 
beyond the Acheron the shades of the de¬ 
ceased wandered in a vast field of Asphodels, 
and drank of the oblivious waters of Lethe, 
