Shakespeare's Wild Flowers: Fairy Lore, Gardens, Herbs, Gatherers of Simples and Bee Lore |
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... Lilies Shakespeare mentions over twenty times and though he does not refer to the Madonna lily by name , there is no doubt that this was " the unsullied lily ” 3 the " sweetest , fairest lily " of which he writes . For the Note ...
... Lilies Shakespeare mentions over twenty times and though he does not refer to the Madonna lily by name , there is no doubt that this was " the unsullied lily ” 3 the " sweetest , fairest lily " of which he writes . For the Note ...
Page 118
... lily , grown and valued for its medicinal qualities in Anglo - Saxon times and probably long before , remained the lily " for centuries . Shakespeare's phrase " the lily . . mistress of the field " : - 66 " Like the lily That once was ...
... lily , grown and valued for its medicinal qualities in Anglo - Saxon times and probably long before , remained the lily " for centuries . Shakespeare's phrase " the lily . . mistress of the field " : - 66 " Like the lily That once was ...
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... lily pale with damask dye to grace her . " And in Venus and Adonis the lily figures as a symbol of a white hand : - " Full gently now she takes him by the hand , A lily prisoned in a jail of snow . " In a passage in Troilus and Cressida ...
... lily pale with damask dye to grace her . " And in Venus and Adonis the lily figures as a symbol of a white hand : - " Full gently now she takes him by the hand , A lily prisoned in a jail of snow . " In a passage in Troilus and Cressida ...
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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