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| Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922. |
| Myrtle (Myrtus Communis) |
| Nor myrtle—which means chiefly love: and love Is something awful which one dare not touch So early o’ mornings. E. B. Browning—Aurora Leigh. Bk. II. | 1 |
| 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. Samuel Johnson—Written at the Request of a Gentleman. L. 3. | 2 |
| 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. Montgomery—The Myrtle. | 3 |
| While the myrtle, now idly entwin’d with his crown, Like the wreath of Harmodius, shall cover his sword. Moore—O, Blame Not The Bard. | 4 |
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