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...lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I 'II sweeten thy sad grave : thou shall not lack The flower, that 's like thy face, pale primrose ; nor The azur'd hare-bell,...no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom, not to slander, Outsweenten'd not thy breath. ***** Yea, and furr'd moss besides, when flowers are none, To winter-ground...

...piously Did cover them with leaves. Children in the WaoJ. With fairest flowers, While summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave: thou shalt not lack The flower that 's like thy face, pale primrose, nor The azured hare-boll, like thy veins ; no, nor The leaf of...

...thy sad grave : thou shalt not lack The flower that 's like thy face, pale Primrose ; nor The azured hare-bell, like thy veins ; no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweetened not thy breath. CYMBSLIXE. SHE is the Rose, the glory of the day, And mine the Primrose...

...which he stands pre-eminent. With fairest flowers, Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I '11 sweeten thy sad grave ; thou shalt not lack The flower that's like thy face, pale primrose ; nor The azured harebell like thy veins ; no, nor The leaf of eglantine ; whom not to slander, Outsweetened...

...appositeness of imagery for which he stands pre-eminent. With fairest flowers , Whilst summer last, and I live here , Fidele , I'll sweeten thy sad grave...flower that's like thy face , pale primrose; nor The azured harebell , like thy veins ; nb, nor The leaf of eglantine : whom not to slander, Outsweeten'd...

...thy sad grave : them shalt not lack The flower that's like thy face, pale primrose ; nor The azured harebell, like thy veins ; no, nor The leaf of eglantine,...not to slander, Out-sweeten'd not thy breath." The flowers are usually placed over the graves at Easter and Whitsuntide, and always by the nearest relatives...

...often-quoted allusion to the custom prevalent in his day : — 1 with fairest flowers, Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave: thou shalt not lack The flower that 's like thy fate, pale primrose, nor The azured harebell, like thy veins; no, nor The leaf of...