178 THE POETRY OF FLOWERS 
Lonely and sweet, nor loved the less 
For flowering in a wilderness: 
Then come, thy Arab maid-will be 
The loved and lone acacia-tree. 
There could be no fitter emblem of a beautiful woman flourish¬ 
ing in the retirement of her home, secluded from the vanities 
of ‘crowded life,’ and adorning with her bloom the abode of 
domestic affection.” 
They know not my heart who believe there can be 
One stain of this earth in its feelings for thee; 
Who think, while I see thee, in beauty’s young hour, 
As pure as the morning’s first dew on the flower, 
I could harm what I love —as the sun’s wanton ray 
But smiles on the dewdrop to waste it away! 
Moore. 
POETRY. 
EGLANTINE, OR SWEET-BRIER. 
O’er-canopied with luscious woodbine, 
With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine. 
Shakspeaee. 
The eglantine or wild-brier rose, more commonly called sweet- 
brier, has ever been considered the poet’s flower. It is not lov¬ 
ed for its fair delicate bl ooms only; but its fragrant leaves, 
which perfume the breezi >f dewy morn, and the soft breath 
