"Primrose" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... began Miss Dulcie, growing radiant at the thrilling question, 'I have been thinking of making up my art needlework tunic—the pale green, you know, with garlands of passion flowers, worked in crewels—over a petticoat of the faintest primrose.' ...
— The Golden Calf • M. E. Braddon
... and wild, Each plant or flower, the mountain's child. Here eglantine embalmed the air, Hawthorn and hazel mingled there; The primrose pale and violet flower, Found in each cliff a narrow bower; Foxglove and nightshade, side by side, Emblems of punishment and pride, Grouped their dark hues with every stain, The weather-beaten crags retain. With boughs that quaked at every breath, ...
— MacMillan's Reading Books - Book V • Anonymous
... "Through primrose tufts, in that green bower, The periwinkle trailed its leaves; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys ...
— Days Off - And Other Digressions • Henry Van Dyke
... that handsome does,—hold up your heads, girls!' was the language of Primrose in the play when addressing ...
— Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! • Annie H. Ryder
... who is so merry As the light-hearted fairy? His nectar he sips From the primrose's lips, With a hey, and a heigh, and ...
— Pinafore Palace • Various
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