...yet Your maidenheads growing : — O Proserpina, For the flowers now, that, frighted, thou lett'st fall From Dis's' waggon ! daffodils, That come before...sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes, Or Cytherea's brealh ; pale primroses, That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bright Phcebus in his strength, a...

...would I had some flowers o' the spring, that might Become your time of day ; and yours, and yours. Oh, Proserpina, For the flowers now, that frighted, thou...malady Most incident to maids ; bold oxlips, and The crown imperial : lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one IO, these I lack, To make you garlands...

...day; and yours, and youn, That wenr upon your virgin branches yet Your maidenheads growing : — 0 «of The why is plain as way to parish church : Ho,...; if not. The wise man's folly is anatomii'd, Even Phœbus in his strength, a malady Most incident to maids ; bold oxlips, and The crown imperial ; lilies...

...Phillips's Flora Hittorica, 0, Proserpina, For the flowers now that, frighted, thou lett'st fall From Dis'a waggon ! Daffodils, That come before the swallow dares,...primroses, That die unmarried ere they can behold Great Phoebus in his strength, —a malady Most incident to maids ; bold oxlips and The crown imperial...

...embroidery wears." Mixed. Then hear Perdita : " O Proserpina, For the flowers now, that, frighted, thoa let'st fall From Dis's waggon ! daffodils, That come...in his strength, a malady Most incident to maids." Observe how the imagination in these last lines goes into the very inmost soul of every flower, after...

...her fairest virgin friends : "0, Proserpina, For the flowers, now, that, frighted, thou lett'st fafl From Dis's waggon ! daffodils, That come before the...primroses, That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bright Phoobus in his strength, a malady Most incident to maids ; bold oxlips, and The crown imperial ; lilies...

...even as the month of February, ere yet appear the " daffodils That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty — violets, dim,...ere they can behold Bright Phoebus in his strength ; " on mild evenings moths may be seen flitting along at the road-sides, especially near fruit-gardens...

...to bed with the sun, And with him rises weeping; daffodils That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty; violets dim,...primroses, That die unmarried ere they can behold Bright Phœbus in his strength — bold oxlips and The Crown Imperial — -lilies of all kinds" — such are...

...the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty ; violets, dim, But sweeter than the lida of Juno's eyes, Or Cytherea's breath ; pale primroses,...malady Most incident to maids ; bold oxlips, and The crown imperial ; lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one ! 0 ! these I lack To make you garlands...

...maidenheads growing. — 0 Proserpina, For the flowers now. that, frighted, thou let'st fall From Dis's 1 waggon ! daffodils, That come before the swallow dares,...a malady Most incident to maids ; bold oxlips, and Pluto's. The crown-imperial ; lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one. O, these I lack. To...