Weeds and Wild Flowers

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Excerpt from Weeds and Wild Flowers: Their Uses, Legends, and Literature A Preface of Mottoes. "S'Adopra in sua salute, Il qual de l'herbe, e de le nobil' acque Ben conosceva ogni uso, ogni virtute." "Ger. Lib." c. xi, s. 70. "In every plant There lives a spirit, more or less akin Unto the spirit of humanity. Some heal diseases dire, others wake Strange whimsies in the busy brain of man." From the German of Ludwig Tieck. "And God sent flowers to beautify The earth, and cheer mans careful mood, And he is happiest who hath power To gather wisdom from a flower, And wake his heart in every hour, To pleasant gratitude." Mary Howitt. "By the breath of flowers Thou callest us from city throngs and cares, Back to the woods, the birds, the mountain streams, That sing of Thee - back to free childhood's heart, Fresh with the dews of tenderness." Mrs. Hemans. "Where does the wisdom, and the power divine In a more bright and sweet reflection shine, Where do we finer strokes and colours see Of the Creator's real poetry, About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.