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" When daffodils begin to peer, With heigh ! the doxy over the dale, Why, then comes in the sweet o' the year; For the red blood reigns in the winter's pale. The white sheet bleaching on the hedge, With heigh ! the sweet birds, O, how they sing! "
Winter's tale. Comedy of errors. Macbeth. King John - Page 66
by William Shakespeare - 1826
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The Winter's Tale

William Shakespeare - Drama - 1995 - 164 pages
...When daffodils begin to peer (With heigh, the doxy over the dale), Why then comes in the sweet o'the year, For the red blood reigns in the winter's pale....hey, the sweet birds, O how they sing!) Doth set my pugging tooth an edge,72 For a quart of ale is a dish for a king. The lark, that tirra-lyra chants...
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The Gardener's Almanac

Peter C. Jones, Lisa MacDonald - Gardening - 1997 - 228 pages
...Shakespeare's poem "Spring": -Y ' /•'./" The names "daffodil" and "narcissus" refer to the many beautiful When daffodils begin to peer, With heigh! the doxy...year, For the red blood reigns in the winter's pale. cultivated and natural forms of the genus Narcissus. (The botanical name Narcissus comes from the legend...
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Shakespeare: la invención de lo humano

Harold Bloom - Characters and characteristics in literature - 2001 - 750 pages
...13. Término que aquí traducimos por 'historia (o leyenda, o cuento) caballeresca'. (N. del T.) 14 . When daffodils begin to peer, / With heigh! the doxy...pale. /The white sheet bleaching on the hedge, /With heigh! the sweet birds, O how they sing! / Doth set my pugging tooth an edge; / For a quart of ale...
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Institutions of the Text

Jeffrey Masten, Wendy Wall - Drama - 2001 - 200 pages
...for the feast are not missed. Autolycus's song begins by describing the pastoral ideal of romance: When daffodils begin to peer, With heigh! the doxy...year, For the red blood reigns in the winter's pale. (4.3.1-4) As he continues, Autolycus transforms erotic desire into his immediate and practical intention...
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Four Late Plays

William Shakespeare - Drama - 2001 - 436 pages
...When daffodils begin to peer, With heigh! the doxy over the dale, Why then comes in the sweet o'the year, For the red blood reigns in the winter's pale....hey! the sweet birds, O how they sing: Doth set my pugging tooth on edge, For a quart of ale is a dish for a king. The lark, that tirra-lyra chants, With...
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The Wisdom of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - Quotations, English - 2002 - 244 pages
...July's day short as December. Polixenes— WT I.ii A sad tale's best for winter. Mamilius— WTII.i When daffodils begin to peer, With heigh! the doxy...pale. The white sheet bleaching on the hedge, With heigh! the sweet birds, O, how they sing! Doth set my pugging tooth on edge; For a quart of ale is...
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Shakespeare Survey, Volume 50

Stanley Wells - Drama - 2002 - 320 pages
...same potential pun in the song Autolycus sings earlier as he makes his first entrance into the play: When daffodils begin to peer. With heigh, the doxy...For the red blood reigns in the winter's pale. (The Winter's Tale 4.3.t-4) Context says that 'pale' in the last of those four lines means only 'enclosure',...
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The Cambridge Shakespeare Library: Shakespeare's times, texts, and stages

Catherine M. S. Alexander - 2003 - 504 pages
...same potential pun in the song Autolycus sings earlier as he makes his first entrance into the play: When daffodils begin to peer, With heigh, the doxy...For the red blood reigns in the winter's pale. (The Winter's Tale 4.3.i-4) Context says that 'pale' in the last of those four lines means only 'enclosure',...
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Shakespeare's Songbook, Volume 1

Ross W. Duffin - Art - 2004 - 536 pages
...Begin to Peer then comes in the sweet o' the year, for the red blood reigns in the win-ter's pale. When Daffodils begin to peer, with heigh the Doxy...hey the sweet birds, O how they sing: Doth set my pugging tooth an edge, for a quart of ale is a dish for a King. The Lark, that tirra-lyra chaunts,...
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W. H. Auden's Book of Light Verse

W. H. Auden - Poetry - 2004 - 604 pages
...our play is done, And we'll strive to please you every day. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. 51 The Pedlar's Song WHEN daffodils begin to peer, With heigh ! the doxy,...pale. The white sheet bleaching on the hedge, With heigh ! the sweet birds, O, how they sing ! Doth set my pugging tooth on edge; For a quart of ale is...
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