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... Adonis : — " By this the boy that by her side lay killed Was melted like a vapour from her sight . And in his blood that on the ground lay spilled , A purple flower sprang up checkered with white , Resembling well his pale cheeks and ...
... Adonis : — " By this the boy that by her side lay killed Was melted like a vapour from her sight . And in his blood that on the ground lay spilled , A purple flower sprang up checkered with white , Resembling well his pale cheeks and ...
Page 135
... Adonis sitting by her , Under a myrtle shade began to woo him . " The Passionate Pilgrim . " This said , she hasteth to a myrtle grove . " " There will I make thee a bed of roses With a thousand fragrant posies ; A cap of flowers and a ...
... Adonis sitting by her , Under a myrtle shade began to woo him . " The Passionate Pilgrim . " This said , she hasteth to a myrtle grove . " " There will I make thee a bed of roses With a thousand fragrant posies ; A cap of flowers and a ...
Page 147
... Adonis was fed with mulberries and cherries by the birds.3 The tree is mentioned in the Prologue to A Midsummer Night's Dream , Act v : — " Thisbe , tarrying in mulberry shade His dagger drew and died . " The date of the introduction of ...
... Adonis was fed with mulberries and cherries by the birds.3 The tree is mentioned in the Prologue to A Midsummer Night's Dream , Act v : — " Thisbe , tarrying in mulberry shade His dagger drew and died . " The date of the introduction of ...
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Act iv Adonis amongst apple associated beauty centuries colour common commonly compared Coriolanus crown Cymbeline delight describes doth Duke Earl Elizabethan Ends eyes fair fairies Fifth figures flowers frequently fruit garden give green grow grown Hamlet hath Henry the Fourth Henry the Sixth herbs honey Ibid John King Henry King Richard known ladies leaves lily live look lord Love's Labour's Lost Measure mentioned Merry Wives Midsummer Night's Dream nature never noble noted orchard Othello pale Parkinson passage pear plant plantain play probably Queen references Romeo and Juliet root rose rosemary rush says Scene scent Second Shakespeare Shakespeare mentions smell Sonnet summer sweet Tempest thee thorns thou tree violets weeds wild Winter's Winter's Tale Wives of Windsor young