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Nor myrtle--which means chiefly love: and love Is something awful which one dare not touch So early o' mornings. - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh (bk. II) 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 (a/k/a Dr. Johnson) ("The Great Cham of Literature"), Written at the Request of a Gentleman (l. 3) Dark-green and gemm'd with flowers of snow, With close uncrowded branches spread Not proudly high, not meanly low, A graceful myrtle rear'd its head. - James Montgomery, The Myrtle 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
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