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Myrtle

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Myrtle may refer to the family Myrtaceae, the genus Myrtus, or the species Myrtus communis.

Quotes

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  • Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
  • Julia will her Manlius wed,
    Good with good, a blessed bed:
    Like a myrtle tree in flower,
    Taken from an Asian bower,
    Where with many a dewy cup
    Nymphs in play had nursed it up.
  • 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.
  • Dark-green and gemm'd with flowers of snow,
      With close uncrowded branches spread
    Not proudly high, nor meanly low,
      A graceful myrtle rear'd its head.
  • While the myrtle, now idly entwin'd with his crown,
    Like the wreath of Harmodius, shall cover his sword.
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