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Natural History and Curiosities 8:

The Vegetable Lamb, France 15th century

from Jean de Mandeville, "Voyages", Ch. 26, MS 2810, f. 210v, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris.

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Day 8/31 - Vegetable Lamb

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Day 8 Vegetable Lamb
Tracked time 3h32m

Sleeping with sheep for Falin

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One verse of a poem from the Botanic Garden, Part 2, Containing the Loves of the Plants. A Poem. By Erasmus Darwin, 1789. There is a small drawing of a vegetable lamb beside the text. "E'en round the pole the flames of Love aspire, And icy bosoms feel the secret fire!— Cradled in snow and fann'd by arctic air Shines, gentle BAROMETZ! thy golden hair; Rooted in earth each cloven hoof descends, And round and round her flexile neck she bends; Crops the grey coral moss, and hoary thyme, Or laps with rosy tongue the melting rime; Eyes with mute tenderness her distant dam, Or seems to bleat, a Vegetable Lamb."

Darwin's grandfather was known for writing somewhat scandalous, Linnaeus-inspired poetry about the reproductive habits of plants. This #WorldPoetryDay we present you with this excerpt about the mythical #VegetableLamb without further comment.