Shakespeare's Wild Flowers: Fairy Lore, Gardens, Herbs, Gatherers of Simples and Bee Lore |
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Then there is the charming passage in King Richard the Second :Suppose the singing birds musicians , The grass whereon thou tread'st the present strew'd , The Aowers fair ladies , and thy steps no more Than a delightful measure or a ...
Then there is the charming passage in King Richard the Second :Suppose the singing birds musicians , The grass whereon thou tread'st the present strew'd , The Aowers fair ladies , and thy steps no more Than a delightful measure or a ...
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... the grandest passage being that in Richard II's proud reply to the Duke of Aumerle , and it was in connection with this passage that Ruskin pointed out that with the exception of Wordsworth Shakespeare is the only English poet who ...
... the grandest passage being that in Richard II's proud reply to the Duke of Aumerle , and it was in connection with this passage that Ruskin pointed out that with the exception of Wordsworth Shakespeare is the only English poet who ...
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6 Although he does not actually mention the anemone by name , this is doubtless the flower to which Shakespeare refers in the passage in Venus and Adonis :“ By this the boy that by her side lay killed Was melted like a vapour from her ...
6 Although he does not actually mention the anemone by name , this is doubtless the flower to which Shakespeare refers in the passage in Venus and Adonis :“ By this the boy that by her side lay killed Was melted like a vapour from her ...
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