Life in Newburgh on Ythan

By Talpa

Lavender v.: to perfume with lavender.

And lavender, whose spikes of azure bloom
shall be, ere-while, in arid bundles bound
to lurk admist the labours of her loom,
and crown her kerchiefs witl mickle rare perfume.


William Shenstone The School Mistress 1742

It looks and smells best when zoomified.

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