The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 - A Typographic Art Journal by Various
page 85 of 130 (65%)
page 85 of 130 (65%)
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"The dasy did on crede (unbraid) hir crownet smale." And Lyndesay (1496), in the prologue to his "Dreme," describes June "Weill bordowrit with dasyis of delyte." The eccentric Skelton, who wrote about the close of the 15th century, in a sonnet, says: "Your colowre Is lyke the daisy flowre After the April showre." Thomas Westwood, in an agreeable little madrigal, pictures the daisies: "All their white and pinky faces Starring over the green places." Thomas Nash (1592), in another of similar quality, exclaims: "The fields breathe sweet, The daisies kiss our feet." Suckling, in his famous "Wedding," in his description of the bride, confesses: "Her cheeks so rare a white was on |
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