"Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall…"

"Nor myrtle—which means chiefly love: and love Is something awful which one dare not touch So early o' mornings."

"Julia will her Manlius wed, Good with good, a blessed bed: Like a myrtle tree in flower, Taken from an Asian bower, W…"

"The myrtle (ensign of supreme command, Consigned by Venus to Melissa's hand) Not less capricious than a reigning fair…"

"Dark-green and gemm'd with flowers of snow, With close uncrowded branches spread Not proudly high, nor meanly low, A …"

"While the myrtle, now idly entwin'd with his crown, Like the wreath of Harmodius, shall cover his sword."

"When daisies pied and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver-white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue Do paint the mead…"

"The entire way from Pila to Bhakra I came down a riverbed that had some running water and oleander flowers like peach…"

"Hot oleanders in a rosy vale Search’d by the lamping fly, whose little spark Went in and out, like passion’s bashful …"

"The Marigold observes the Sun More than my subjects me have done."