...eyes, Or Cytherea's breath ; pale primroses, That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bright Phcebus in his strength, a malady Most incident to maids ;...flower-de-luce being one ! O, these I lack, To make TOU garlands of; and, my sweet friend, To strew him o'er and o'er. Flo. What ? like a corse ? Per....

...Juno's eyes, Or Cytherea's breath ; pale primroses. That die unmarried, ere they can behold Hriirht Phoebus in his strength, a malady Most incident to...all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one! O, these I lark, To make you garlands of; and, my sweet friend, To strew bun o'er and o'er. Flo. What ? like a...

...day ; and yours, and yours, That wear upon your virgin branehes yet, Your maidenheads growing : — 0 Proserpina ! For the flowers now, that, frighted,...behold Bright Phoebus in his strength, a malady Most ineident to maids ; bold oxlips, and The crown imperial ; lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being...

...shore, that o'er his wave-worn basis bow'd As stooping to relieve him. 1 — ii. 1. 91. Flowers. 0 Proserpina, For the flowers now, that, frighted, thou...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...

...sweet Favonius passed over them — " O Proserpine, For the flowers now, that, frighted, thou let>t fall From Dis's waggon : daffodils, That come before...ere they can behold Bright Phoebus in his strength. .... Bold oxlips and The crown imperial,"; lilies of all kinds, To make you garlands of " What, then,...

...come before the swallow dares, and take | The winds of March with beauty ; violets dim, j But sweeter the true cause the false way. It is not a confident brow, nor the throng of words that come crown imperial ; lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one. O ! these I lack, To make you garlands...

...of March with beauty ; violets, dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes, SPRING,— continued. Or Cytherea's breath ; pale primroses, That die unmarried,...malady Most incident to maids ; bold oxlips, and The crown imperial ; lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one. WT iv. 3. STAIN (See also BLOT,...

...would I had some flowers o' the spring, that might Become your time of day ; and yours, and yours. Oh, Proserpina, For the flowers now, that frighted, thou...malady Most incident to maids ; bold oxlips, and The crown imperial : lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one IO, these I lack, To make you garlands...

...embroidery wears." Mixed. Then hear Perdita : " O Proserpina, For the flowers now, that, frighted, thoa let'st fall From Dis's waggon ! daffodils, That come...in his strength, a malady Most incident to maids." Observe how the imagination in these last lines goes into the very inmost soul of every flower, after...

...even as the month of February, ere yet appear the " 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 ; " on mild evenings moths may be seen flitting along at the road-sides, especially near fruit-gardens...