Gerald Ponting
writer, publisher, lecturer, photographer
based in central southern England
writer, publisher, lecturer, photographer
based in central southern England
Shakespeare mentioned many flowers in his plays, both wild flowers like cuckoo-flowers and primroses, and cultivated varieties like roses and lilies. I have used my photographs of these flowers in a presentation, matching the pictures with the Bard’s original words.
A book with the same title was published in April 2008.
I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine
Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine
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When daisies pied and violets blue
And lady-smocks all silver-white
And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue
Do paint the meadows with delight
And lady-smocks all silver-white
And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue
Do paint the meadows with delight
daffodils,
That come before the swallow dares, and take
The winds of March with beauty; violets dim,
pale primroses that die unmarried ...
That come before the swallow dares, and take
The winds of March with beauty; violets dim,
pale primroses that die unmarried ...
There with fantastic garlands did she come
Of crow-flowers, nettles, daisies,
and long purples
Of crow-flowers, nettles, daisies,
and long purples
The crown imperial; lilies of all kinds,
The flower-de-luce being one!
The flower-de-luce being one!
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