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" O Proserpina, For the flowers now, that frighted thou let'st fall From Dis's waggon ! daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty ; violets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes Or Cytherea's breath ;... "
Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced ... - Page 75
by John Bartlett - 1903 - 1158 pages
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1813 - 364 pages
...day; and yours, and yours; That wear upon your virgin branches yet Your maidenheads growing: — O Proserpina, For the flowers now, that, frighted, thou...can behold Bright Phoebus in his strength, a malady Most incident to maids; bold oxlips, and The crown-imperial ; lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce...
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1813 - 476 pages
...Your maidenheads growmg : — O Proserpina, For the flowers now, that, frighted, thou let'st fall Prom Dis's waggon ! daffodils, That come before the swallow...can behold Bright Phoebus in his strength, a malady Most incident to maids ; bold oxlips, and The crown-imperial ; lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce...
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The Rape of Proserpine: With Other Poems, from Claudian; Translated Into ...

Claudius Claudianus, Jacob George Strutt - 1814 - 238 pages
...flowers to adorn her feast, exclaiming Proserpina, For the flowers now, that, frighted, thou lett'st fall From Dis's waggon! daffodils, That come before...Cytherea's breath; pale primroses, That die unmarried, • — - Milton, likewise, in dwelling upon the beauties of Eden, seems to carry in his mind, throughout...
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Elegant extracts in poetry, Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty, violets, dim. But swceler than the lids of Juno's eyes, Or Cytherea's breath...can behold Bright Phoebus in his strength, a malady Mosl incident to maids . bold oxlips, and The crown imperial ; lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce...
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Characters of Shakespear's Plays

William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 pages
...day; and your's, and your's, • That wear upon your virgin branches yet Your maiden-heads growing: O Proserpina, For the flowers now, that, frighted, thou...primroses, That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bright Phrebus in his strength (a malady Most incident to maids); bold oxlips, and The crown-imperial; lilies...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1817 - 360 pages
...day ; and yours, and yours, That wear upon your virgin branches yet Your maidenheads growing: — О Proserpina, For the flowers now, that, frighted, thou...take The winds of March with beauty ; violets dim, fi] So, la Ovid i Mflam. B. V : ~~~ " ut sumo» TeH*m hxavit shore, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's...
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The Family Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes; in which Nothing is Added ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1818 - 362 pages
...time of day. — O Proserpine, For the flowers now, that, frighted, thou let'st fall From IJis's ' waggon ! daffodils, That come before the swallow dares,...primroses, That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bright Phcebus in his strength ; bold oxlips, and ' Pluto. The crown-imperial ; lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce...
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Characters of Shakespeare's Plays

William Hazlitt - 1818 - 328 pages
...that, frighted, thou let'st fall From Dis's wagon ! daffodils, That come before swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty : violets dim,...primroses, That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bright Phcehus in his strength (a malady Most incident to maids 0 bold oxlips, and The crown imperial ; lilies...
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The Plays of Shakspeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1819 - 560 pages
...day ; and yours, and yours ; That wear upon your virgin branches yet Your maidenheads growing :— О Proserpina, For the flowers now, that, frighted, thou...The winds of March with beauty ; violets, dim, But swctter than the lids of Juno's eyes, Or Cytherea's breath ; pale primroses, That die unmarried, ere...
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The flowers of literature, or, Encyclopædia of anecdote, a coll ..., Volume 2

William Oxberry - 1821 - 448 pages
...beauty ; — the whole of it must be copied, as it applies particularly to the month before us : — O Proserpina For the flowers now, that, frighted, thou...primroses That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bright Phffibus in his strength, a malady Most incident to maids ; bold ox-lips, and The crown-imperial ;...
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