_Lines quoted by Charles Lamb._--There are some lines quoted by Charles
Lamb in one of the _Essays of Elia_: I am very anxious to know whose they
are:
"Bind me, ye woodbines, in your twines,
Curl me about, ye gadding vines,
And oh! so close your circles lace
That I may never leave this place.
But, lest your fetters prove too weak,
Ere I their silken bondage break,
Do you, oh briars! chain me too,
And courteous brambles nail me through!"