[78] “Plant-lore and Garden-craft of Shakespeare,” Canon Ellacombe.
[79] Britten.
[80] “Book of Notable Things” (1575).
Southernwood (Artemisa Abrotanum).
Lavender and Sweet Marjoram march away,
Sothernwood and Angelica don’t stay,
Plantain, the Thistle, which they blessed call,
And useful Wormwood, in their order fall.
Of Plants, book i.—Cowley.
I’ll give to him,
Who gathers me, more sweetness than he’d dream
Without me—more than any lily could.
I, that am flowerless, being Southernwood.
Shall I give you honesty,
Or lad’s love to wear?
Or a wreath less fair to see,
Juniper and Rosemary?
Flaxenhair?
Rosemary, lest you forget,
What was lief and fair,
Lad’s love, sweet thro’ fear and fret,
Lad’s love, green and living yet,
Flaxenhair.
Finnish Bride Song.—N. Hopper.