PERFUME.
And the ripe harvest of the new-mown hay
Gives it a sweet and wholesome odor.
Richard III. (Altered), Act v. Sc. 3. C. CIBBER.
Perfume for a lady's chamber.
Winter's Tale, Act iv. Sc. 4. SHAKESPEARE.
Take your paper, too.
And let me have them very well perfumed,
For she is sweeter than perfume itself
To whom they go to.
Taming of the Shrew, Act i. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE.
Sabean odors from the spicy shore
Of Arabie the blest.
Paradise Lost, Bk. IV. MILTON.
And all Arabia breathes from yonder box.
Rape of the Lock, Canto I. A. POPE.
A violet in the youth of primy nature,
Forward, not permanent, sweet, not lasting,
The perfume and suppliance of a minute.
Hamlet, Act i. Sc. 3. SHAKESPEARE.
I cannot talk with civet in the room,
A fine puss-gentleman that's all perfume.
Conversation. W. COWPER.