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Lily, violet

King John, [4.2.9-16].Salisbury. “There, to be possess’d with double pomp,/ To guard a title that was rich before,/ To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,/ To throw a perfume on the violet,/ To smooth the ice, or add another hue/ Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light/ To seek the Beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,/ Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.”

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  1. Shakespeare’s Plants (alphabetical) « PLANTS Says:
    May 1, 2009 at 6:31 pm

    […] Henry VIII, [3.1.148-153]; King Henry VIII, [5.5.57-63]; King John, [3.1.51-55]; King John, [4.2.9-16]; The Rape of Lucrece, [71-77]; The Rape of Lucrece [386-389]; The Rape of Lucrece, [477-482]; The […]

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