Pretty Lessons in Verse for Good Children; with Some Lessons in Latin, in Easy Rhyme. By Sara Coleridge. The Fourth Edition, with Many Cuts |
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PLANTS.
Vaccinium 's a hyacinth,And so is hyacinthus;
The tree that bears the turpentine
Was once called terebinthus.
And myrtus is the myrtle fair,
The daffodil narcissus;
And common flax is linum called,
And fine flax is called byssus.
Urtīca is the nettle's name,
Serpyllum is wild thyme,
Melissophyllon balm doth mean,
And tilia is the lime.
And as for the true ancient thyme,
That grew on Mount Hymettus,
'Twas thymus capitatus called:
Lactūca is the lettuce.
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