"Vervain" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... fathers of old— Excellent herbs to ease their pain— Alexanders and Marigold, Eyebright, Orris, and Elecampane. Basil, Rocket, Valerian, Rue, (Almost singing themselves they run) Vervain, Dittany, Call-me-to-you— Cowslip, Melilot, Rose of the Sun. Anything green that grew out of the mould Was an excellent herb to ...
— Songs from Books • Rudyard Kipling
... Monkbarns, an I had the ingredients, as my cookery book ca's themThere was vervain and dillI mind thatDavie Dibble will ken about them, though, maybe, he'll gie them Latin namesand Peppercorn, we hae walth ...
— The Antiquary, Complete • Sir Walter Scott
... from the poets; but as one herb was usually adopted upon these occasions, the word Verbena came to denote that particular herb only, and it is transmitted to us to this day under the same title, viz., Verbena or Vervain, and indeed until lately it enjoyed the medical reputation which its sacred origin conferred upon it, for it was worn suspended around the neck as an amulet. Vitriol, in the original application of the word, ...
— A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive • John Stuart Mill
... forward carrying plates. Women run about offering drink to the guests. The baskets groan under the load of bread, and a dromedary, laden with leathern bottles, passes to and fro, letting vervain trickle over the floor in order to ...
— The Temptation of St. Antony - or A Revelation of the Soul • Gustave Flaubert |
