COWSLIP
Plants, Flowers, Spring, Cowslip Seona Anderson Plants, Flowers, Spring, Cowslip Seona Anderson

COWSLIP

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, COWSLIP: On her left breast a cinque-spotted mole like the crimson drops i’ th’ bottom of a cowslip. Shakespeare uses this tiny detail of the interior of the smallest flower as part of his metaphor.

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PRIMROSE
Flowers, Spring, Primrose Seona Anderson Flowers, Spring, Primrose Seona Anderson

PRIMROSE

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, PRIMROSE: himself the primrose path of dalliance treads and recks not his own rede. The Primrose is a symbol of spring, beauty but in this quote of liberal excess.

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