Stanza 21, 22.
Drayton, in the "Polyolbion," 15th Song, represents the Naiads engaged in twining garlands for the marriage of Tame and Isis, and considering that he—
"Should not be dressed with flowers to garden that belong
(His bride that better fitteth), but only such as spring
From the replenisht meads and fruitful pasture neere,"
they collect among other wild flowers—
"The Daysie over all those sundry sweets so thick
As nature doth herself, to imitate her right;
Who seems in that her pearle so greatly to delight
That every plaine therewith she powdereth to beholde."
And to the same effect, in his "Description of Elysium"—
"There Daisies damask every place,
Nor once their beauties lose,
That when proud Phœbus turns his face,
Themselves they scorn to close."
Browne, contemporary with Shakespeare, has these pretty lines on the Daisy—
"The Daisy scattered on each mead and down,
A golden tuft within a silver crown;
(Fair fall that dainty flower! and may there be
No shepherd graced that doth not honour thee!)."
Brit. Past., ii. 3.