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; pale primroses
That die unmarried, ere they can behold
Bight Phoebus in his strength—a 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 of, and my sweet friend,
To strew him o’er and o’er!
I use this site to keep and share readings, notes and other oddities. I write at: Commonly. -- Jeremiah Douglas
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September 13, 2010
Shakespeare’s Perdita in Winter’s Tale: Act IV; Scene IV. The Shepherd’s cottage.