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Sundew

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the Drosĕra, which is from the Greek drosos, dew. So called from the dew-like drops which rest on the hairy fringes of the leaves.

“By the lone fountain’s secret bed,

Where human footsteps rarely tread;

Mid the wild moor or silent glen,

The sundew blooms unseen by men,

And, ere the summer’s sun can rise,

Drinks the pure water of the skies.”

The Wild Garland.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.