Myrtle

Myrtle may refer to the family Myrtaceae, the genus Myrtus, or the species Myrtus communis. Quotes Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. Isaiah 55:13 (KJV) Nor myrtle—which means chiefly love: and loveIs something awful which one dare not touchSo early o' mornings. Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh (1856), bk. II Julia will her Manlius wed,Good with good, a blessed bed:Like a myrtle tree in flower,Taken from an Asian bower,Where with many a dewy cupNymphs in play had nursed it up. Catullus 61, as translated by Leigh Hunt, The Examiner (12 May 1816) Cp. Samuel Sheppard, "Epithalamium", The Loves of Amandus and Sophronia (1650) The myrtle (ensign of supreme command,Consigned by Venus to Melissa's hand)Not less capricious than a reigning fair,Oft favors, oft rejects a lover's prayer;In myrtle shades oft sings the happy swain,In myrtle shades despairing ghosts complain. Samuel Johnson, "Written at the Request of a Gentleman", l. 3; The Gentleman's Magazine (April 1779), p. 206 Dark-green and gemm'd with flowers of snow,  With close uncrowded branches spreadNot proudly high, nor meanly low,  A graceful myrtle rear'd its head. James Montgomery, "The Myrtle", st. 1, The Gentleman's Magazine (January 1839), p. 59 While the myrtle, now idly entwin'd with his crown,Like the wreath of Harmodius, shall cover his sword. Thomas Moore, "O, Blame Not The Bard", st. 3, Memoirs (1800), p. 209 For Adoration myrtles stayTo keep the garden from dismay,And bless the sight from dearth. Christopher Smart, A Song to David (1763) External links Category:Flowers