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

"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."

"For Adoration myrtles stay To keep the garden from dismay, And bless the sight from dearth."

"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."