6 examples of swallow-wort in sentences

One of the well-known names of this plant is swallow-wort, so termed, says Gerarde, not, "because it first springeth at the coming in of the swallows, or dieth when they go away, for it may be found all the year, but because some hold opinion that with this herbe the darns restore eyesight to their young ones, when their eye be put out."

There rose the sea-blue swallow-wort, and there The pale-hued maidenhair, with parsley green And vagrant marsh-flowers; and a revel rare

Cool in the noon-tide gleam, With rushes nodding in the little stream, And blue forget-me-not. Set in thick tufts along the bushy marge With big bright eyes of gold; And glorious water-plants, like fans, unfold Their blossoms strange and large. That wandering boy, young Hylas, did not find Beauties so rich and rare, Where swallow-wort and pale-bright maiden's hair And dog-grass richly twined.

Swallow-wort, iris, lilies, clematis, balsams, umbrella-shaped flowers, aloes, tree-ferns, and spicy shrubs formed a border of incomparable brilliancy.

116 Asclepius syriaca Syrian Swallow-wort c.m. 117 - amoena Oval-leaved ditto c.m. 118 - incarnata Flesh-coloured ditto c.m. 119 - sibirica Siberian ditto l.b. 120 - Vincetoxicum Officinal ditto c.m.

48 Gentiana acaulis Gentianella l. 49 asclepiadea Swallow-wort Gentian l. 50 Bupleurum petraeum Rock Thorough-wax l.

6 examples of  swallow-wort  in sentences