Myrtle

"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."

"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, 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."

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