The Names and Virtues
Old Mother D'Acier, in her Notes
On Homer, some hard Greek Word quotes,
Calls it Nep, nep,—I know not what,
And says it is the very Plant that
The tawny Queen to Helen sent,
To cure her Griefs at all Event.
Great Milton's Murd'rer says it is
The fam'd Machæra Herculis,
And proves from some old Grecian Poet,