"Cover me with soft earth, and let each handful be mixed With seeds ofjasmine, lilies, and myrtle; and when they Grow above me and thrive on my body's element they will Breathe the fragrance of my heart into space."
Myrtle quotes
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"Cover me with soft earth, and let each handful be mixed With seeds ofjasmine, lilies, and myrtle; and when they Grow above me and thrive on my body's element they will Breathe the fragrance of my heart into space."
"Wax myrtle: The birds love this stuff."
"but there was an immediately perceptible vitality about her as if the nerves of her body were continually smouldering."
"I mean to be too rich to lament or to feel anything of the sort. A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. It certainly may secure all the myrtle and turkey part of it."
"Maybe he murdered Myrtle; that would’ve done everyone a favor. . . ."
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