...flowers, yet had her favorites, even among them. She did not spurn, as many do, the homely " Marygold that goes to bed with the sun, And with him rises weeping," but yet it gave her more delight to find " The sweet lily o' the valley wi' blossoms of snow, And green...

...a pot-herb by the village dames. Shakspere makes it an emblem of grief in the following lines,— " The Marigold that goes to bed with the sun, And with him rises weeping." William Browne, in his Britannia's Pastorals, to which I have dedicated a whole chapter in my work...

...gan close and gon to rest." Flowers of the rayed form axe peculiarly so affected, and are like — " The marigold that goes to bed with the sun, And with him rises weeping." Even the corn-field shows its sensitiveness to the approach of the shadows of evening, and droops down...

...fruit and blossoms in the breeze Are wantoning together, free Like age at play with infancy. Moore. 74 The marigold, that goes to bed with the sun, And with him rises weeping. Winter's Tale. 75 The vulgar bean's sweet scent, who does not prize, With iv'ry forehead and jet-black...

..."moon her pale fire snatching from the sun:" — " Flowers of all hues — Hot lavender, mints, savory, marjoram, The marigold that goes to bed with the sun, And with him rises weeping; daffodils That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty; violets dim,...

...Here's flowers for you : Hot Lavender, Mints, Savory, Marjoram, The Mary-gold, that goes to bed wi' the Sun, And with him rises, weeping : These are flowers Of middle Summer, and 1 think they are given To men of middle age. 4 qua adhue cractnla, nee awlitc, nuuimt cmittunt aural...

...Here's flowers for you : Hot Lavender, Mints, Savory, Marjoram, The Mary-gold, that goes to bed wi' the Sun, And with him rises, weeping : These are flowers Of middle Summer, and 1 think they are given To men of middle age. 4 *i",s adhuc eresceutes, nee avulsa, maxime emittual...

...Here's flowers for you : Hot Lavender, Mints, Savor}', Marjoram, The Mary-gold, that goes to bed wi' the Sun, And with him rises, weeping : These are flowers Of middle Summer, and 1 think they are given To men of middle age. 4 <7»<c arlhue cretcentes, nee avulsœ, maxime emíttunt...

...would wish This youth should say, 'twere well ; and only therefore Desire to breed by me. — Here's flowers for you , Hot lavender, mints, savoury, marjoram ; The marigold, that goes to bed with the »un, And with him rises, weeping : these are flowera Of middle summer, and, I think, they are given...

..."Midsummer Night's Dream" are pre-eminent for their beautiful allusions. In the former he speaks of— "The marigold, that goes to bed with the sun, And with him rises weeping." How beautifully this expresses the closing of the flower after sunset, and the pearl drops of dew hanging...