4 > this line was added in 1609: And dearest loue,
1 And all about grew every sort of flower, 2 To which sad lovers were transformed of yore:
of yore > in former times
3 Fresh Hyacinth, Phoebus' paramour,
Hyacinth > (The lily, which sprang from the blood of the beautiful youth Hyacinth, son of the Spartan king Amyclas. Hyacinth received the attentions of Apollo and Zephyr, god of the west wind; Zephyr's interest was not reciprocated. One day, when Apollo and Hyacinth were playing at quoits, the jealous Zephyr caused one of Apollo's quoits to drift in flight and strike Hyacinth on the head, killing him instantly. See Met. 10.162- 219)
4 And dearest love; 5 Foolish Narcissus, that likes the watery shore;
Narcissus > (A beautiful youth who became so enamoured of his own reflection in a pool that he gradually pined away and was metamorphosed into a flower; see Met. 3.339-510, DGDG 4.9-10, 302.44:6-45:4)
6 Sad Amarant, made a flower but late,
Amarant > (An imaginary flower that never withers (Greek amarantos, unfading); cf. PL 3.353. The name is applied to the genus Amaranthus, with coloured foliage, which includes Love-lies- bleeding, A. caudatus) late > lately
7 Sad Amarant, in whose purple gore