daisy —
“There's a,”
HAMLET, iv. 5. 180.
Does Ophelia mean that the daisy is for herself?
“Greene, in his Quip for an Upstart
Courtier, has explained the significance of this flower: ‘—Next
them grew the dissembling daisie, to warne such
light-of-love wenches not to trust every faire promise that such amorous bachelors make
them’ [Sig. B 2 verso, ed. 1620]”
(HENLEY)
.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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