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POETRY. 
EGLANTINE, OR SWEET BRIAR. 
O’er-canopied with luscious woodbine, 
With sweet musk roses, and with eglantine. 
SHAK SPEARE. 
Tue eglantine, or wild briar rose, more com- 
monly called sweet briar, has ever been consi- 
dered the poet’s flower. It is not loved for its 
fair delicate blossoms only; but its fragrant 
leaves, which perfume the breeze of dewy 
morn, and the soft breath of eve, entitle it to its 
frequent association with the woodbine or honey- 
suckle. 
Its sides P'Il plant with dew-sweet eglantine, 
And honeysuckles full of clear bee-wine. 
KEATS. 
Yonder is a girl who lingers 
Where wild honeysuckle grows, 
Mingled with the briar rose. 
H. SMITH. 
Burns says “J have some favourite flowers 
in spring, among which are the mountain daisy, 
the harebell, the wild briar rose, the budding 
birch, and the hoary hawthorn.” 
We eye the rose upon the briar, 
Unmindful that the storm is near. 



















