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Search phrase: lily

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
CymbelineCym II.ii.15How bravely thou becom'st thy bed! Fresh lily,How brauely thou becom'st thy Bed; fresh Lilly,
CymbelineCym IV.ii.201.2O sweetest, fairest lily:Oh sweetest, fayrest Lilly:
Henry VIIIH8 III.i.151Almost no grave allowed me. Like the lilyAlmost no Graue allow'd me? Like the Lilly
Henry VIIIH8 V.v.61A most unspotted lily shall she passA most vnspotted Lilly shall she passe
King JohnKJ IV.ii.11To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,To gilde refined Gold, to paint the Lilly;
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.352As the unsullied lily, I protest,As the vnsallied Lilly, I protest,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND V.i.322These lily lips,These Lilly Lips,
Titus AndronicusTit II.iv.44O, had the monster seen those lily handsOh had the monster seene those Lilly hands,
Titus AndronicusTit III.i.113Upon a gathered lily almost withered.Vpon a gathred Lillie almost withered.,
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG II.iii.19is my sister; for, look you, she is as white as a lily, andis my sister: for, looke you, she is as white as a lilly, and

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Passionate PilgrimPP.7.5 A lily pale, with damask dye to grace her; A lilly pale, with damaske die to grace her,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.386 Her lily hand her rosy cheek lies under, Her lillie hand, her rosie cheeke lies vnder,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.478 That even for anger makes the lily pale That euen for anger makes the Lilly pale,
SonnetsSonn.99.6 The lily I condemned for thy hand, The Lillie I condemned for thy hand,
Venus and AdonisVen.228 She locks her lily fingers one in one. She locks her lillie fingers one in one.
Venus and AdonisVen.362 A lily prisoned in a gaol of snow, A lillie prisond in a gaile of snow,

Glossary

 4 result(s).
fleur-de-lisheraldic lily [royal symbol of France]
lilylily-white
lily-tincturelily-white colouring
white-liveredlily-livered, cowardly, feeble-spirited

Thesaurus

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colouring, lily-whitelily-tincture
heraldic lilyfleur-de-lis
lily, heraldicfleur-de-lis
lily-liveredwhite-livered
lily-whitelily
lily-white colouringlily-tincture

Themes and Topics

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Words Families

 6 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
LILYBASIClily adj, lily n
LILYCOLOURlily-tincture n, lily-white adj
LILYPART OF BODYlily-livered adj
LILYPLACElily-bed n

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