
70 FLORAL POESY. 
mental faculties. Perdita, in the ‘‘ Winter’s Tale,” 
Says : . 
«or you there’s rosemary and rue ; these keep 
Seeming and savor all the winter long : 
Grace and remembrance be with you both !” 
And in “‘ Hamlet,” Ophelia says : 
‘«< There’s rosemary for you: that’s for remembrance. 
Pray you, love, remember.” 
Michael Drayton, in his ‘* Pastorals,” also alludes to 
this emblem in similar terms : 
‘¢ He from his lass him lavender hath sent, 
Showing her love, and doth requital crave ; 
Him rosemary his sweetheart, whose intent 
Is that he her should in remembrance have.” 
Respecting its employment at funerals, Mr. Martyn 
observes that in some parts of England, in his time, it 
was still customary to distribute it among the company, 
who frequently threw sprigs of it into the grave. Slips 
of it were also sometimes placed within the coffin ; and 
in some secluded villages these innocent customs are 
still practiced. 
TO THE HERB ROSEMARY. 
HENRY KIRKE WHITH. 
Sweet scented flower! who art wont to bloom 
On January’s front severe, 
And o’er the wintry desert drear, 
To waft thy waste perfume ! 
Come, thou shalt form my nosegay now, 
And I will bind thee round my brow, 
And as I twine the mournful wreath, 


