 Swifter than the moon's sphere; And I serve the fairy queen, To dew her orbs upon the green. The cowslips tall her pensioners be : In their gold coats spots you see ; Those be rubies, fairy favours, In those freckles live their savours : I must go seek...  Elementary lessons in English - Page 91by Henry Pendexter Emerson, Ida Catherine Bender - 1906Full view - About this book
 | George Field - 1835 - 310 pages
...cinque-spotted, like the crimson drops I ' the bottom of a cowslip. SHAKSPEARE, CYMBELINE, Act n. Sc. 2. And I serve the Fairy Queen, To dew her orbs upon...dew-drops here, And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear. MID. NIGHT'S DREAM, Act n. Sc. 1. H. "Contrast with black, &c. — The air hath starved the roses in... | |
 | 1835 - 746 pages
...the crimson drops i' th' bottom of a_ cowslip ; and of the fairy queen we are told that The cowslip tall her pensioners be ; In their gold coats spots...fairy favours ; In those freckles live their savours. The Highland shepherd sees as many captivating charms in the freckles of " the lonely sun-beams" of... | |
 | William Baxter - 1835 - 342 pages
...supposed their sweet odour to reside. " The cowslips tall her pensioners be, In their gold coats spots we see ; Those be rubies, fairy favours. In those freckles live their savours." — Mids. Ni9ht' s Dream. The blossoms of the Cowslip, in its wild state, usually hang to one side,... | |
 | Mrs. Charles Meredith - 1836 - 400 pages
...Midsummer-night's Dream" — that "paradise of dainty devices" — says, in speaking of Titania — The cowslips tall her pensioners be ; In their gold...dewdrops here, And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear. Herrick alludes to the cowslip gatherers m his sweet verses TO 1IEDDOWES. Ye have been fresh and green,... | |
 | Mrs. Charles Meredith - 1836 - 400 pages
...Midsummer-night's Dream" — that " paradise of dainty devices" — says, in speaking of Titania — The cowslips tall her pensioners be ; In their gold...dewdrops here, And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear. Hei-rick alludes to the cowslip gatherers in his sweet verses TO MEDDOWES, Ye have been fresh and green,... | |
 | 1837 - 276 pages
...The poet has pointed to it, in bis Midsummer Night's Dream, with peculiar beauty and elegance : — " The cowslips tall her pensioners be In their gold...dewdrops here, And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear." — Act ii. sc. 1. The agreeable odour of these flowers would indicate that the virtue, if extracted... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 570 pages
...their gold coats spots you aee ; Those be rubies, fairy favours, In those freckles live their savors: e in every place ! [Kxtttnf King and hit Train Biron....I will commend you to mv own heart Rfut. 'Pray you Til be gone; Our queen and all her elves come here anon. Puck. The king dolh keep his revels here tonight... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 554 pages
...over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire. I do wander every where, Swifter than the moones sphere ; And I serve the fairy queen, To dew her orbs * upon the green. The cowslips tall her pensioners a be ; In their gold coats spots you see ; Those be rubies, fairy favors ; In those freckles live their... | |
 | Thomas Miller - 1837 - 466 pages
...sheathed in delicate green ;" — hearken to Shakspeare : " The cowslips tall her pensioners be, la their gold coats spots you see ; Those be rubies,...dew-drops here, And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear." A recent writer thus speaks of the cowslip : — " When I awoke in the morning, I went up to the window.... | |
 | Mrs. Lincoln Phelps - 1837 - 470 pages
...suppose contained the fragrance of the flower. Thus in the " Midsummer Night's Dream," the Fairy says, " I serve the fairy queen, To dew her orbs upon the green : The cowslips tall, ner pensioners be ; In their gold coats spots you see ; Those be rubies, fairy favours, In those freckles... | |
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