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Barometz inspired art
A poem by Dr. Erasmus Darwin in The Botanic Garden (London, 1781):
E'en round the Pole the flames of love aspire,
And icy bosoms feel the secret fire,
Cradled in snow, and fanned by Arctic air,
Shines, gentle borametz, thy golden hair;
Rooted in earth, each cloven foot 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,
And seems to bleat - a vegetable lamb.
A Poem by Dr. De la Croix in Connubia Florum, Latino Carmine Demonstrata (Bath, 1791)
(translated from Latin):
For in his path he sees a monstrous birth,
The Borametz arises from the earth
Upon a stalk is fixed a living brute,
A rooted plant bears quadruped for fruit,
...It is an animal that sleeps by day
and wakes at night, though rooted in the ground,
to feed on grass within its reach around.
Interpretation of the Barometz by Vurdalak
