...Centaurea Cyanus, but incorrectly, _ as is evident from the quotation which he gives in illustration :, ' Her treading would not bend a blade of grass, Or shake the downy llowlalt from his stalk.' Sad Shepherd, p. 8. Wr. has the same error ; in both cases blewball is probably...

...footsteps, have the same charm of vernal melody : — Here was she wont to go I and heret and here 1 Just where those daisies, pinks, and violets grow...grass, Or shake the downy blow-ball from his stalk 1 But like the soft west wind she shot along, And where she went, the flowers took thickest root, As...

...of day and for various purposes of divination. Thus in the " Sad Shepherd," page 8, it is said— " Her treading would not bend a blade of grass, Or shake the downy blow-ball from his stalk." In Scotland, one of the popular names of the Angelica sylvestris is " aik-skeiters," or " hear-skeiters,"...

...sweet flowering herbage sprang. Ben Jonson perhaps imitated this in his Sad Shepherd : Here was she wont to go, and here, and here, Just where those daisies,...world may find the spring by following her, For other prints her airy steps ne'er left : And where she went the flowers took thickest root, As she had sowed...

...and a fine horse they were ringing, and she hurried out ; all light of heart she went, as though " Her treading would not bend a blade of grass, Or shake the downy tlowiall from her stalk." Chapter toti. SINCE Lord Davenant's arrival, Lady Davenant's time was so...

...not, she treads on it so 1 igh t . — Shakespeare. Footprints on the sands of time. — Lonijfelloir. Her treading would not bend a blade of grass, or shake the downy blow-ball from his stalk ! — Den ,/onson. FOPPERY. Dandies, when first-rate, are generally very agreeable men. — Bulicer...

...within my sight. BEN JONSON, The Sad Shepherd, 1641; date of writing uncertain. j£G'LAM'OURS LAMENT. HERE she was wont to go, and here, and here ! Just...downy blow-ball from his stalk; But like the soft west-wind she shot along; And where she went, the flowers took thickest root As she had sowed them...

...within my sight. BEN JONSON, The Sad Shepherd, 1641; date of writing uncertain. jEGLAMOUK'S LAMENT. HERE she was wont to go, and here, and here ! Just...left: Her treading would not bend a blade of grass, s Or shake the downy blow-ball from his stalk; But like the soft west-wind she shot along; And where...

...within my sight. BEN JONSON, The Sad Shepherd, 1641; date of writing uncertain. jEGLAMOUKS LAMENT. HERE she was wont to go, and here, and here ! Just...left: Her treading would not bend a blade of grass, 5 Or shake the downy blow-ball from his stalk; But like the soft west-wind she shot along; And where...

...within my sight. BEN JONSON, The Sad Shepherd, 1641; date of writing uncertain. jEGLAMOUKS LAMENT. HERE she was wont to go, and here, and here ! Just...left: Her treading would not bend a blade of grass, 5 Or shake the downy blow-ball from his stalk; But like the soft west-wind she shot along; And where...