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    "verified_text": "dropwort, in botany, the common name for a species of _spiraea_, _s. filipendula_ (nat. ord. _rosaceae_), found in dry pastures. it is a perennial herb, with much divided radical leaves and an erect stem 2 to 3 ft. high bearing a loose terminal inflorescence of small white flowers, closely resembling those of the nearly allied species _s. ulmaria_, or meadowsweet. water dropwort, _oenanthe crocata_ (nat. ord. _umbelliferae_), is a tall herbaceous plant growing in marshes and ditches. the stem, which springs from a cluster of thickened roots, is stout, branched, hollow and 2 to 5 ft. high; the leaves are large and pinnately divided, and the flowers are borne in a compound umbel, the long rays bearing dense partial umbels of small white flowers. the plant, which is very poisonous, is often mistaken for celery. droshky (russ. _drozhki_, diminutive of _drogi_, a wagon), a light four-wheeled uncovered carriage used in russia. properly it consists of two pairs of wheels joined by a board. this forms a seat for the passengers who sit sideways, while the driver sits astride in front. the word _droschke_, however, is applied especially in germany to light carriages generally which ply for hire. droste-hulshoff, annette elisabeth, freiin von (1797-1848), german poet, was born at the family seat of hulshoff near munster in westphalia on the 10th of january 1797. her early mental training was largely influenced by her cousin, clemens august, freiherr von droste zu vischering, who, as archbishop of cologne, became notorious for his extreme ultramontane views (see below); and she received a more liberal education than in those days ordinarily fell to a woman's lot. after prolonged visits among the intellectual circles at coblenz, bonn and cologne, she retired to the estate of ruschhaus near munster, belonging to her mother's family. in 1841, owing to delicate health, she went to reside in the house of her brother-in-law, the well-known scholar, joseph, freiherr von lassberg (1770-1855), at schloss meersburg on the lake of constance, where she met levin schucking (q.v.); and there she died on the 24th of may 1848. annette von droste-hulshoff is, beyond doubt, the most gifted and original of german women poets. her verse is strong and vigorous, but often unmusical even to harshness; one looks in vain for a touch of sentimentality or melting sweetness in it. as a lyric poet, she is at her best when she is able to attune her thoughts to the sober landscape of the westphalian moorlands of her home. her narrative poetry, and especially _das hospiz auf dem grossen st bernard_ and _die schlacht im loener bruch_ (both 1838), belongs to the best german poetry of its kind. she was a strict roman catholic, and her religious poems, published in 1852, after her death, under the title _das geistliche jahr, nebst einem anhang religioser gedichte_, enjoyed great popularity. annette von droste-hulshoff's _gedichte_ were first published in 1844 during her lifetime, and a number of her poems were translated into english by thomas medwin. the most complete edition of her works is that in 4 vols. edited by e. von droste-hulshoff (munster, 1886). the _ausgewahlte gedichte_ were edited by w. von scholz (leipzig, 1901). see levin schucking, _annette von droste-hulshoff, ein lebensbild_ (2nd ed., hanover, 1871)--her letters to l. schucking were published at leipzig in 1893; also h. hueffer, _annette von droste-hulshoff und ihre werke_ (gotha, 1887), and w. kreiten, _annette von droste-hulshoff_ (2nd ed., paderborn, 1900).",
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