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" O Proserpina, For the flowers now, that frighted thou let'st fall From Dis's waggon ! daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty ; violets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes Or Cytherea's breath ;... "
The Plays of William Shakespeare - Page 70
by William Shakespeare - 1803
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 1

Half hours - 1856 - 650 pages
...the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty ; violets, dim, But sweeter than the lida of Juno's eyes, Or Cytherea's breath ; pale primroses,...malady Most incident to maids ; bold oxlips, and The crown imperial ; lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one ! 0 ! these I lack To make you garlands...
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Modern Painters, Volume 2

John Ruskin - 1856 - 252 pages
...come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty j violets, dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes, Or Cytherea's breath...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...
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The Plays & Poems of Shakespeare: All's well that ends well. Taming of the ...

William Shakespeare - 1857 - 436 pages
...maidenheads growing. — 0 Proserpina, For the flowers now. that, frighted, thou let'st fall From Dis's 1 waggon ! daffodils, That come before the swallow dares,...a malady Most incident to maids ; bold oxlips, and Pluto's. The crown-imperial ; lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one. O, these I lack. To...
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The Complete Works of Shakspeare, Revised from the Best ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1857 - 626 pages
...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,...malady Most incident to maids ; bold oxlips, and The crown imperial ; lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one ! — 0, these I lack, To make you...
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Three Eras of New England, and Other Addresses: With Papers Critical and ...

George Lunt - 1857 - 272 pages
...the successive harvest of its transient glory ! 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....
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Characteristics of Women, Moral, Poetical, and Historical, Volume 1; Volume 70

Anna Brownell Jameson, Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1858 - 314 pages
...sweetness; and she concludes with a touch of passionate sentiment, which melts into the very heart : O Proserpina! For the flowers now, that, frighted,...malady Most incident to maids ; bold oxlips, and The crown imperial ; lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one ! O, these I lack, To make you garlands...
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Lectures on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth

William Hazlitt - 1859 - 494 pages
...branches yet Your maiden-heads growing : 0 Proserpina, For the flowers now, that frighted, thou lef st fall From Dis's waggon ! daffodils, That come before...and The crown-imperial ; lilies of all kinds, The fleur-de-lis being one ! 0, these I lack To make you garlands of; and, my sweet friend, To strow him...
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The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 33

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1876 - 832 pages
...remember Proserpine, and say : — Ah ! Proserpina. For the flowers now -which, frighted, thou lett'st fall From Dis's waggon ; * daffodils That come before...malady Most incident to maids ; bold oxlips, and The crown imperial ; lilies of all kinds, The flower-do-luce being on*. But why repeat that melodious catalogue,...
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Pearls of Shakespeare: A Collection of the Most Brilliant Passages Found in ...

William Shakespeare - 1860 - 182 pages
...by the northern blasts twice o'er. A oARi.\jsn. Daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty ; violets dim,...oxlips, and The crown-imperial; lilies of all kinds, Tlie flower-de-luce being one ! O, these I lack To make you garlands of; and, my sweet friend, To strew...
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The Ladies' Reader: Designed for the Use of Ladies' Schools and Family ...

John William Stanhope Hows - 1860 - 450 pages
...that, frighted, thou let'st fall From Dis's wagon I 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 ! O, these...
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