...the velvet slopes, embroidered with such flowers i " As Proserpina, , frighted, thou let'st fall T 1 From Dis's waggon ! daffodils That come before the...primroses, , That die unmarried, ere they can behold _, Bright Phoebus in his strength:.... _ gold ox-lips, and The crown-imperial, lilies of all kinds,...

...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...with beauty; violets, dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes, Or Cylherea's breath; pale primroses, That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bright...

...regret the inclemency of the season, that afforded her so few flowers to adorn her feast, exclaiming Proserpina, For the flowers now, that, frighted, thou...Cytherea's breath; pale primroses, That die unmarried, • — - Milton, likewise, in dwelling upon the beauties of Eden, seems to carry in his mind, throughout...

...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...

...branches yet Your maiden-heads growing: O Proserpina, For the flowers now, that, frighted, thou let'st fall From Dis's waggon! daffodils, . , That come before...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...

...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...

...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...

...particularly to the month before us : — O Proserpina For the flowers now, that, frighted, thou let'st fall From Dis's waggon ! daffodils, That come before...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 ;...

...spring, that might Become your time o' day. O, Proserpina, For the flowers now, that, frighted, you let fall From Dis's waggon ! Daffodils, That come before...Juno's eyes, Or Cytherea's breath ; pale primroses 3D Floret Poetici. No. I. CJsn. That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bright Phirhus in his strength,...

...Yonr maidenheads growing. — 0 Proserpina, For the flowers now, that, frighted, thoulet'stfall I'Yom Dis's waggon \ daffodils, That come before the swallow...Juno's eyes, Or Cytherea's breath ; pale primroses, Flial die unmarried, ere they cau behold Bright Phoebus in his strength, a mulnd y Mostincidentlo maids;...