Marigolds Quotes

“The sun-observing marigold.”

“Our hair with marygolds was wound,”

“Mary-golds, on death beds blowing,”

“[T]he Bay, the Marigold’s darling,”

“And winking Mary-buds begin
To ope their golden eyes.”

“No marigolds yet closed are,
No shadows great appeare.”

“Let who will praise and behold
The reservèd Marigold;”

“The Marigold observes the Sun
More than my subjects me have done.”

“These flowers stink as bad, or worse, than the French Marygolds. . . .”

“The marigold was burning in the marsh
Like a thing dipt in sunset, ...”

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“The marigold abroad her leaves doth spread,
Because the sun's and her power is the same.”

“The Marigold the leaues abroad doth spred,
Because the sunnes, and her power is the same:”

“What flower is that which bears the Virgin's name,
The richest metal joinèd to the same.”

“  So shuts the marigold her leaves
    At the departure of the sun;”

“Open afresh your round of starry folds,
Ye ardent marigolds!
Dry up the moisture from your golden lips.”

“Her eyes, like marigolds, had sheath’d their light,
And canopied in darkness sweetly lay,
Till they might open to adorn the day.”

“Here's flowers for you:
Hot lavender, mints, savory, marjoram:
The marigold, that goes to bed wi' the sun,
And with him rises weeping.”

“The marigold, whose courtier's face
Echoes the sun, and doth unlace
Her at his rise, at his full stop
Packs and shuts up her gaudy shop.”

“Mistress Mary, quite contrary,
  How does your garden grow?
With silver bells, and cockle shells,
  And marigolds all in a row.”