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... Second : - Suppose the singing birds musicians , The grass whereon thou tread'st the present strew'd , The flowers fair ladies , and thy steps no more Than a delightful measure or a dance . " a In Love's Labour's Lost there is a ...
... Second : - Suppose the singing birds musicians , The grass whereon thou tread'st the present strew'd , The flowers fair ladies , and thy steps no more Than a delightful measure or a dance . " a In Love's Labour's Lost there is a ...
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... Second there is mention of the best known use of yew - the making of the long bows for archers . Scroop , telling King Richard his tidings of calamity and that well - nigh all England was for Boling- broke , says― " The very beadsmen ...
... Second there is mention of the best known use of yew - the making of the long bows for archers . Scroop , telling King Richard his tidings of calamity and that well - nigh all England was for Boling- broke , says― " The very beadsmen ...
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... Second Shakespeare refers to the popular belief that before the death of a king the bay trees in a country withered . Canon Ellacombe suggests that Shakespeare derived this belief from some Italian source , but Mr. S. Savage cites the ...
... Second Shakespeare refers to the popular belief that before the death of a king the bay trees in a country withered . Canon Ellacombe suggests that Shakespeare derived this belief from some Italian source , but Mr. S. Savage cites the ...
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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