...there f Welcome wanderer. Puck. Ay, there it is. Obe. I pray thee, give it me. I know a bank whereon ing her. over- canopied with lush woodbine, With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine ; There sleeps Titania,...

...housewife, nature, on each bush Lays her full mess before you. 27 — iv. 3. 71 I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, Where ox-lips* and the nodding violet grows ; Quite over-canopied- with lushf woodbine, With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine : There sleeps Titania, some time of the...

...the extremity of art with which even this garden is pranked and embellished : ' I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, Where ox-lips, and the nodding violet grows; Quite over-canopied with lush woodbine, With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine; There sleeps a maiden, sometime of the night,...

...flower there ? Welcome, wanderer. Puck. Ay, there it is. Obe. I pray thee, give it me. I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where ox-lips, and the...nodding violet grows ; Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine : There sleeps Titania, some time of the night,...

...immediately in his eye the description of a bank by Shakespeare, in the same play and act : ' I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where ox-lips and the...nodding violet grows ; Quite overcanopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine : And there the snake throws herenamell'd skin,...

...flower there ? Welcome, wanderer. Puck. Ay, there it is. Obe. I pray thee, give it me. I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where ox-lips and the...nodding violet grows; Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine : There sleeps Titania, some time of the night,...

...there ? Welcome, wanderer. Puck. Ay, there it is. Obe. I pray thee, give it me. I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, Where ox-lips and the nodding violet grows ; Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine : There sleeps Titania, some time of the night,...

...the smooth and tedious same•jj.-' aess of Pope. Look at Shakspeare's : ^t^ " I know a bank' whereon the wild thyme blows, *:;, Where oxlips' and the nodding violet grows ; Quite over-canopied' with lush woodbine, t*i£. With sweet musk-roses' and with eglantine ; <!•£. ' There sleeps Titania'...

...flying before her to hide themselves in the hollows and woodland depths : — " I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows : Quite over-canopied with lush woodbine, With sweet musk roses and with eglantine ; There sleeps Titania, some time of the night,...

...naturalist. Here he may gather nature's nosegay of sweetest flowers, while he reclines on a bank, 'whereon the wild thyme blows, Where ox-lips and the nodding violet grows ; Quite over canopied with lush woodbine, or listen to The lark, who amid the clear blue sky, Carols, but is...