Flora's Lexicon/Bay-berry
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.
Byron.
’Tis pleasing to be school’d in a strange tongueBy female lips and eyes—that is, I meanWhen 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 wrongThey smile still more, and then there intervenePressure of hands, perhaps even a chaste kiss;I learn’d the little that I know by this.
Byron.
Culture’s handHas 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 breedsOr 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 bearThe poisonous weed, or flow’ret fair.
Bowring.