Read full poem →Now crown'd with myrtle, on the Elysian coast,
Amid those lovers, joys his gentle ghost:
Dictionary Entry
An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.
Origin
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Common Phrases
beach myrtle. myrtleavenue myrtlestreet myrtletrees myrtlewarbler myrtlemyrtle crapemyrtle wax
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Poetry examples for “myrtle”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →To leafless shrubs the flowering palms succeed,
And odorous myrtle to the noisome weed.
The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead,
Read full poem →By the youths that died for love,
Wandering in the myrtle grove,
Restore, restore Eurydice to life:
Read full poem →Only the blossoms of sleep and of pleasure were mixed in my hair.
Was it myrtle or poppy thy garland was woven with, O my Dolores?
Was it pallor of slumber, or blush as of blood, that I found in thee
Read full poem →So I smote them, and their gore
Stained the roots my myrtle bore;
But the time of youth is fled,
Read full poem →With silver steps and paths of gold.
From myrtle bowers comes the plash
Of fountains, and the emerald flash
Read full poem →Very sunny.
The myrtle flowers stretch themselves in the sunshine,
But make no sound.
Read full poem →l^roduce a poet, whose more rare invention
Will tear the love-sick myrtle from his brows,
T' adorn his temples with deserved boughs.
Read full poem →Elegian muse, that warblest amorous lays,
Girt my shine[132] brow with seabank myrtle sprays.[133] 30
Read full poem →With arms to conquer armless men is base.
Yoke Venus' Doves, put myrtle on thy hair,
Vulcan will give thee chariots rich and fair: