There's fennel for you, and columbines; there's rue for you; and here's some for me; we may call it herb of grace o' Sundays. O, you must wear your rue with a difference. There's a daisy; I would give you some violets, but they withered all when my father... Lectures and Essays (a Selection) - Page 97by Robert Green Ingersoll - 1905 - 160 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1835 - 510 pages
...herb of grace o'Sundays ; — You may wear your rue with a difference. — There's a daisy : — 1 would give you some Violets ; but they withered all when my father died." The immortal MILTON, who saw the worlds beyond us "with an angel's ken," and was familiar with every... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1836 - 624 pages
...it, herb of grace o'Sundays : — you may wear your rue with a difference.3 — There's a daisy : — I would give you some violets ; but they withered all, when my father died : — They say, he made a good end, For bonny sweet Robin it all my joy, — [Sings. Laer. Thought... | |
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1836 - 382 pages
...thus, VOL. i. T " There's rosemary, that's for remembrance ; pray you, love, remember ; " •' — I would give you some violets ; but they withered all, when my father died." In Hamlet, that tragedy of maniacs, that Royal Bedlam in which every character is either crazy or criminal,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1836 - 534 pages
...it herb of grace o' Sundays ; — you may wear your rue with a difference. — There's a daisy. — I would give you some violets ; but they withered all, when my father died. — They say he made a good end For bonny sweet Robin is all my joy, — [Sings. Laer. Thought3 and... | |
| Edward Mammatt - 1836 - 364 pages
...master-thought of her distraction, and she breaks forth into chants of affection for her lover. Thus : — " I would give you some violets ; but they withered all when my father died. They say he made a good end. " For bonny sweet Robin is all my joy." The remark of Laertes might be... | |
| David Morison - 1838 - 396 pages
...there's fennel for you, and columbines ; there's rue for you, and here 's some for me; there's a daisy; I would give you some violets, but they withered all when my father died ! ' Now, expressive and touching as all the hieroglyphics are here, one of them (rue) has particular... | |
| Richard Swainson Fisher - 1838 - 364 pages
...Lost. Tlie flowers all withered when Adonis died. Thus Shakespeare in Hamlet makes Ophelia say — 1 would give you some violets ; but they withered all when my father died. Bring myrtles hither, hither fragrant blooms, And on the youth the richest unguents shed; Alas ! but... | |
| Ephraim Banks - 1838 - 436 pages
...more than satisfied with the performance of Mrs. Wilmot; but when she approached her brother, saying " I would give you some violets; but they withered all, when my father died"—we forgot the theatre, the play, and every thing, but the sorrows of Ophelia. THE SAVAGE—NO.... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1839 - 536 pages
...it herb of grace o' Sundays ; — you may wear your rue with a difference. — There's a daisy. — I would give you some violets ; but they withered all, when my lather died. — They say he made a good end For bonny sweet Robin is all my joy, — [Sings. Laer.... | |
| Ellen Wallace - 1840 - 954 pages
...odour. And Ophelia, even in her madness, misses them as the choicest treasures of the fields : — ' I would give you some violets, but they withered all when my father died.' " " Byron mentions them prettily in a chorus of his,'" said Mr. Mapleton, " Nor midst the roses, e'er... | |
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