Shakespeare's Wild Flowers: Fairy Lore, Gardens, Herbs, Gatherers of Simples and Bee Lore |
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... pale flames as they are lit by no other flower . As Giles Fletcher wrote , two centuries ago— " the woods ' late wintry head Wide flaming Primroses set all on fier . " Spenser , in his Shepherd's Calendar , wrote of " primroses greene ...
... pale flames as they are lit by no other flower . As Giles Fletcher wrote , two centuries ago— " the woods ' late wintry head Wide flaming Primroses set all on fier . " Spenser , in his Shepherd's Calendar , wrote of " primroses greene ...
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... pale and maiden blossom here , Giving my verdict on the white rose side . " Earl of Somerset . " Prick not your finger as you pluck it off , Lest , bleeding , you do paint the white rose red , And fall on my side , so , against your ...
... pale and maiden blossom here , Giving my verdict on the white rose side . " Earl of Somerset . " Prick not your finger as you pluck it off , Lest , bleeding , you do paint the white rose red , And fall on my side , so , against your ...
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... pale yellow flowers and another with pink . In Victorian times the varieties were more numerous , the most sweetly ... pale pink . The old writers were very accurate in their description of colours , and Parkinson describes Maiden's ...
... pale yellow flowers and another with pink . In Victorian times the varieties were more numerous , the most sweetly ... pale pink . The old writers were very accurate in their description of colours , and Parkinson describes Maiden's ...
Common terms and phrases
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