FLORA’S LEXICON.
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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!
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.
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
