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| Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922. |
| Laurel (Lauras Nobilis) |
| The laurel-tree grew large and strong, Its roots went searching deeply down; It split the marble walls of Wrong, And blossomed o’er the Despot’s crown. Richard Hengist Horne—The Laurel Seed. | 1 |
| This flower that smells of honey and the sea, White laurustine, seems in my hand to be A white star made of memory long ago Lit in the heaven of dear times dead to me. Swinburne—Relics. | 2 |
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