...-tlic-ir hue; Maiden-pinks, of odour faint ; Daisies smell-less, yet more quaint, And sweet thyme true. plains of violated truth ; ¡She calls me false, even...have heard Sighing to vow, and tenderly protest, Lye 'fore bride and bridegroom's feet, Blessing their sense ! [St гея ßowers. Not an angel of the...

...Daisies smell-less, yet most quaint, And sweet thime true. Primrose, first-born child of Ver, Merrv spring-time's harbinger, With her bells dim ; Oxlips...Lark-heels trim. All, dear Nature's children sweet, Lye 'fore bride and bridegroom's feet, "Blessing their sense ! [St rew floners. Not an angel of the...

...their hue; Maiden-pinks, of odour faint, Daisies smell-less, yet most quaint, And sweet thinie true. Primrose, first-born child of Ver, Merry spring-time's...dim ; Oxlips in their cradles growing, Marigolds on deatli-beds blowing, Lark-heels trim. All, dear Nature's children sweet, Lye 'fore bride and bridegroom's...

...Maiden-pinks, of odour faint, Dairies smell-less, yet most quaint, And sweet thinie true. Primrose, first-horn child of Ver, Merry spring-time's harbinger, With her bells dim ; Oxlips in their cradles growing, Mangolds on death-beds blowing, Lark-heels trim. All, dear Nature's children sweet, Lye 'fore bride...

...Maiden-pinks, of odour faint ; Daisies smell-less, yet most quaint, And sweet thyme true. Primrose, first-horn child of Ver, Merry' spring-time's harbinger, With her bells dim ; Oxlips in their cradles growinj, Mangolds on death-beds blowing, Lark-heels trun. All dear Nature's children sweet, Lye 'fore...

...their hue ; Maiden pinks of odour faint, Daisies smell-less, but most quaint, And sweet thyme true. Primrose, first-born child of Ver, Merry spring-time's...With her bells dim ; Oxlips in their cradles growing, Marygolds on death-beds blowing, Lark-heels trim. All dear nature's children sweet, Lie 'fore bride...

...of distinction, and is very unlike the more formal and polished rhymes of Fletcher. • * • » » Primrose, first-born child of Ver, Merry springtime's...children sweet, Lie 'fore bride and bridegroom's feet, .*± Blessing their sense : Not an any el of the air, Bird melodious or bird fair, Be absent hence...

...Beaumont and Fletcher's Bridal Song of Theseus and Hippolita, we find among " Nature's children sweet," Primrose, first-born child of Ver, Merry Spring-time's harbinger, With her bells dim. « TO PRIMROSES FILLED WITH MORNING DEW. Why doe ye weep, sweet babes ? can teares Speak griefe in...

...Beaumont and Fletcher's Bridal Song of Theseus and Hippolita, we find among " Nature's children sweet," Primrose, first-born child of Ver, Merry Spring-time's harbinger, With her bells dim. 53 TO PRIMROSES FILLED WITH MORNING DEW. Why doc ye weep, sweet babes ? can teares Speak griefe in...

...speak of the primrose as the first flower of spring. The dramatists Beaumont and Fletcher say — ' Primrose, first-born child of Ver, Merry spring-time's harbinger. With her bells dim.' Shakspeare has no Snowdrop in his delicate groups of flowers, though he speaks of ' Daffodils ' That...