 | Robert S. Miola - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 206 pages
...frighted, thou letst fall From Dis's wagon! — 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. (116-24) This evocative passage associates Perdita with Proserpina, the daughter of Ceres, stolen away... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2001 - 436 pages
...branches yet Your maidenheads growing: O Proserpina, For the flowers now, that frighted thou let'st fall From Dis's waggon! Daffodils, That come before...strength, a malady Most incident to maids; bold oxlips and 100 no 4,4 THE WINTER S TALE The crown imperial; lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one!... | |
 | Harold Bloom - Characters and characteristics in literature - 2001 - 750 pages
...frighted, thou let'st fall / From Dis's waggon! daffodils, /That come befare the swallow dares, and take /The winds of March with beauty; violets, dim,...malady / Most incident to maids); bold oxlips and /The crown imperial; lilies of all kinds, / Con mi temeridad característica, af1rmo que Perdita habla en... | |
 | Catherine M. S. Alexander, Stanley Wells - Drama - 2001 - 222 pages
...her own fears and tender feelings: O Proserpina, For the flower now that, frighted, thou let'st fell From Dis's waggon! - daffodils, That come before the...with beauty; violets, dim But sweeter than the lids ofJuno's eyes Or Cytherea's breath; pale primroses, That die unmarried ere they can behold Bright Phoebus... | |
 | Joseph Twadell Shipley - Foreign Language Study - 2001 - 688 pages
...that frighted thou let'st fall From Dis's waggon! daffodills, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty; violets dim,...the lids of Juno's eyes Or Cytherea's breath; pale primeroses, That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bright Phoebus in his strength-a malady Most incident... | |
 | Meredith Kirton - Gardening - 2004 - 454 pages
...candelabra-like whorls. They like a moist, humus-rich soil and a dressing of lime. A spot under a deciduous ...pale primroses, That die unmarried, ere they can...his strength, — a malady Most incident to maids.. . . William Shakespeare tree is perfect for primulas: the winter sunshine promotes flowering and the... | |
 | Kenneth Muir - Art - 2005 - 344 pages
...other flowers not mentioned by Ovid: O Proserpina, For the flowers now that, frighted, thou let'st fall From Dis's waggon ! - daffodils, That come before...oxlips, and The crown-imperial; lilies of all kinds, The flow'r-de-luce being one. O, these I lack To make you garlands of, and my sweet friend To strew him... | |
 | Anna Murphy Jameson - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 472 pages
...sentiment, which melts into the very heart: O Proserpina! For the flowers now, that, frighted, thou let'st fall From Dis's waggon! daffodils That come before...malady Most incident to maids; bold oxlips, and The crown imperial; lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one! O, these I lack To make you garlands... | |
 | Jennifer C. Vaught - Literary Criticism - 2008 - 264 pages
...inclusion of the phrase, "crown imperial": O Proserpina, For the flowers now that, frighted, thou let'st fall From Dis's waggon! daffodils, That come before...malady Most incident to maids): bold oxlips and The crown imperial; lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one. O, these I lack. To make you garlands... | |
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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 ; pale primroses, That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bright Phoebus... 
