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“O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell, Let it not be among the jumbled heap Of murky buildings: climb with me the steep,-- Nature's observatory--whence the dell, In flowery slopes, its river's crystal swell, May seem a span; let me thy vigils keep 'Mongst boughs pavilion'd, where the deer's swift leap Startles the wild bee from the foxglove bell.”

Ifs May Seems Building Solitude Rivers Let Me Thee Climbs Leap Bells Bees Crystals Deer Slopes Steep Dell Foxgloves

Book:Keats: 'Ode to a Nightingale' and Other Poems

Source: Keats: 'Ode to a Nightingale' and Other Poems

“I wish, and I wish that the spring would go faster, Nor long summer bide so late; And I could grow on like the foxglove and aster, For some things are ill to wait.”

Long Wish Grows Waiting Late Summer Spring Ill Faster Impatience Asters Foxgloves

Book:The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow

Source: The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow

“Inebriate of air am I, And debauchee of dew, Reeling, through endless summer days, From inns of molten blue.”

Air Summer Blue Endless Dew Inns Summer Days Foxgloves

Author:Emily Dickinson

“My favourite plant is the foxglove. I think they are a perfect balance between being a garden plant and a wild plant, as at home in woodland as they are in a city.”

Thinking Home Perfect Cities Balance Garden Plant Favourite Woodland Perfect Balance Foxgloves

Author:Clive Anderson

“The foxglove, with it's stately bells Of purple, shall adorn thy dells.”

Flower Bells Purple Dell Foxgloves

Book:The Poetical Works of David Macbeth Moir

Source: The Poetical Works of David Macbeth Moir

“The scope of herbal medicine ranges from mild-acting plant medicines such as chamomile and peppermint, to very potent ones such as foxglove (from which the drug digitalis is derived). In between these two poles lies a wide spectrum of plant medicine with significant medical applications. One need only go to the United States Pharacopoeia to see the central role that plant medicine has played in American medicine.”