Eglantine. - The Language of Flowers

Eglantine.

This is a sweet-scented shrub, with delicate pink flowers.
Grows often to a great height.

Poetry.

Thy spirit has a gift, a secret gift,
Which answers only to the far, bright stars,
When though the greenwood's high and changeful rift
Streams down the light of Venus and of Mars;
Which answers only to the winds and streams,
The sweet wood-blossoms and the moon's pale beams.

Thou seest strange beauty in the silent things
That others idly pass. The small, wild bird,
That flutters o'er the rose his bright blue wings;
The singing brook, by careless ears un heard;
The wild flower, swinging in the lonely dell,-
All bind thee with a strong and wondrous spell.