FLORA’S LEXICON.
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AY-BERRY, or WAX-MYRTLE, Myrica cerifera, Class 22, Diœcia. Order: Tetrandria. The Bay-berry, or Wax-myrtle, is a shrub found in the Northern and Middle Atlantic States, growing chiefly in barren soils. The name is derived from a wax-like substance, of a greenish colour and pleasant odour, which is obtained from the berries, and in some districts very abundantly.
INSTRUCTION.
She taught the child to read, and taught so well,
That she herself, by teaching, learn’d to spell.
That she herself, by teaching, learn’d to spell.
Byron.
’Tis pleasing to be school’d in a strange tongue
By female lips and eyes—that is, I mean
When both the teacher and the taught are young,
As was the case at least where I have been;
They smile so when one’s right, and when one’s wrong
They smile still more, and then there intervene
Pressure of hands, perhaps even a chaste kiss;
I learn’d the little that I know by this.
By female lips and eyes—that is, I mean
When both the teacher and the taught are young,
As was the case at least where I have been;
They smile so when one’s right, and when one’s wrong
They smile still more, and then there intervene
Pressure of hands, perhaps even a chaste kiss;
I learn’d the little that I know by this.
Byron.
Culture’s hand
Has scatter’d verdure o’er the land;
And smiles and fragrance rule serene,
Where barren wild usurp’d the scene.
And such is man—a soil which breeds
Or sweetest flowers, or vilest weeds;
Flowers lovely as the morning’s light,
Weeds deadly as an aconite;
Just as his heart is train’d to bear
The poisonous weed, or flow’ret fair.
Has scatter’d verdure o’er the land;
And smiles and fragrance rule serene,
Where barren wild usurp’d the scene.
And such is man—a soil which breeds
Or sweetest flowers, or vilest weeds;
Flowers lovely as the morning’s light,
Weeds deadly as an aconite;
Just as his heart is train’d to bear
The poisonous weed, or flow’ret fair.
Bowring.
