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PANSIES; OR LOVE IN IDLENESS.
Oberon. | My gentle Puck, come hither: thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, |
Puck. |
I remember—
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Oberon. | That very time I saw, (but thou could'st not) Flying between the cold moon and the earth,
Shakespeare.
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Ophelia. | There's Rosemary—that's for remembrance; 'pray you, love, re- member: and there is Pansies, that's for thoughts. |
Laertes. | A document in madness— thoughts and remembrance fitted.
Ibid.
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Most strangely true and beautiful hath grown
The fancy of that line—Pansies for thoughts;
And thought is changeful ever. So are now
The fair Ophelia's token flowers more fit
To be its emblems; for their varying hues,
Like thoughts, diversified with bright, and deep,
And gay, and sombre tints, mirror the mind
In every changeful mood. Some robe them still