Marjoram

She o'er Ascanius rains a soft repose, / and gently bears him to Idalia's height, / where breathing marjoram around him throws / sweet shade, and odorous flowers his slumbering limbs compose.

Of these Garlands and Nosegays are tied round with twigs. There are also sweet herbs added such as Marjoram, Flowergentle, Rue, Lavender, Rosemary, Hysop, Spike, Basil, Sage, Mints and so on.

I refer to the Labiate family,—a family to which the lavenders, the mints, the thymes, and the hyssops belong, with basil, rosemary, and marjoram,—all plants of "gray renown," as he happily remarks in his description of the herbal of his "Schoolmistress."

Venus then spreads a gentle sleep over Iulo's body and, cradling him in her divine bosom, carries him to the lush woods of Idalia, where she weaves him a bed of tender flowers of fragrant marjoram in the shade.

The Lillie I condemned for thy hand, / And buds of marierom had ſtolne thy haire

Among the ancients, especially the Romans, marjoram was known to have an aphrodisiac value.