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To this characteristic Shakespeare refers in a lovely passage in Lucrece :“ Her eyes , like marigolds ... But as the marigolds at the sun's eye , And in themselves their pride lies buried , For at a frown they in their glory die .
To this characteristic Shakespeare refers in a lovely passage in Lucrece :“ Her eyes , like marigolds ... But as the marigolds at the sun's eye , And in themselves their pride lies buried , For at a frown they in their glory die .
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There is also Thisbe's simile :His eyes were green as leeks . ” 4 Bottom's reference to onions and garlic has already been mentioned . Apart from Enobarbus ' description of himself as “ onion - eyed ” , 5 all the other passages in which ...
There is also Thisbe's simile :His eyes were green as leeks . ” 4 Bottom's reference to onions and garlic has already been mentioned . Apart from Enobarbus ' description of himself as “ onion - eyed ” , 5 all the other passages in which ...
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1 Th'abhorr'd ingredient to his eye make known How he hath drunk , he cracks his gorge , his sides With violent hefts : I have drunk and ... But found no cure : the bath for my help lies Where Cupid got new fire — my mistress ' eyes .
1 Th'abhorr'd ingredient to his eye make known How he hath drunk , he cracks his gorge , his sides With violent hefts : I have drunk and ... But found no cure : the bath for my help lies Where Cupid got new fire — my mistress ' eyes .
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| Title | Shakespeare's Wild Flowers: Fairy Lore, Gardens, Herbs, Gatherers of Simples and Bee Lore |
| Author | Eleanour Sinclair Rohde |
| Publisher | Medici society, Limited, 1935 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 4 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 235 pages |
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