Flora's Lexicon/Convolvulus, Field
ONVOLVULUS, FIELD. Class 5, Pentandria. Order: Monogynia. This small pink flower rejoices in as many titles as any royal prince, for it is so common and so troublesome, as to have made itself a name in all rural vocabularies; among others, it is known as Weed-bind, Rope-weed, Bell-bind, Bell-wind, With-wind, and Hedgebells.
CAPTIVATION.
Come from the dim woods, come from the sea,Come to the meadows and laugh with me;Great heavy trees are gloomy things,And dismally ever old Neptune sings; Come to the meadows bright, Where, in the sunny light, Over the blades of grass Soft-winged zephyrs pass; Come with me there. Come to the uplands high, Where the rich cornfields lie Golden and rare. Come from the shady woods, Come from the roaring floods,Come; where the meadows lie fragrant and fair!
Twamley
We merry flowers are running The meadow mazes through;And be the farmers e’er so cunning, We’re as cunning too!And many a time the Farmer vows He’ll banish us his land;And we still run up the Hawthorn bough, A merry and myriad band.
Twamley