...spring time without thinking of that wondrous description in the Winter's Tale (act iv. scene 3) : — 0 Proserpina, For the flowers now, that, frighted, thou...his strength — a malady Most incident to maids. Mark the whole passage. How wonderfully accurate it is ! Every flower is mentioned in the order it...

...to heaven as I depart. BRYANT. jSprbtg Jflofors. DAFFODILS, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty ; violets, dim,...lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one ! SHAKESPEARE. FLOWERS ! when the Saviour's calm benignant eye Fell on your gentle beauty — when...

...your time of day— O, Proserpine, For the flowers now, that, frighted, thou let'st fall From Dis's4 ; hold oxlips, and The crown-imperial ; lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one ! O ! these...

...Gillyflowers. + Because. t /. c. they are not wholly natural, but owe their streaks to the gardener's art. From Dis's waggon ! daffodils,' That come before the...lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one ! 0, these I lack, To make you garlands of; and, my sweet friend, To strew him o'er and o'er. Flo....

...friend, I would I had some flowers o' the spring that might Become your time of day. '* * * * ***** O Proserpina, For the flowers now, that, frighted,...lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one. Oh, these I lack To make you garlands of; and, my sweet friend, To strew him o'er and o'er ! "Flo....

...that frighted thou lett'st fall From Pis's wagon. Daffodils That come before the swallow dare, and take The winds of March with beauty. Violets, dim,...can behold Bright Phoebus in his strength, a malady Uost incident to maids.' Here the Imagination goes info the inmost soul of every flower, after having...

...that frighted thou lett'st fall From Dis's wagon ! daffodils That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty ; violets, dim,...ere they can behold Bright Phoebus in his strength ; bold oxlips, and The crown imperial ; lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one. FORGIVE,...

...Han(withdrawn). mer. golden daffodils Coleridge conj. The winds of March with beauty; violets dim 120 But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes Or Cytherea's breath;...strength, a malady Most incident to maids; bold oxlips and 125 The crown imperial ; lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one ! O, these I lack, To make...

...my fairest friend, I would I had some flowers o' the spring, that might Become your time of day ; . O Proserpina, For the flowers now, that (frighted),...ere they can behold Bright Phoebus in his strength, . Bold oxlips, and Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis), a fragrant aromatic plant, well known to the...

...friend, I would, I had some flowers o ' the spring, that might Become your time of day, — 0 Proserpine, For the flowers now, that frighted, thou let'st fall...ere they can behold Bright Phoebus in his strength ; bold oxlips and The crown imperial ; lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one ! 0, these,...