Emilia Lanier Quote

The walks put on their summer liveries,
And all things else did hold like similes:
The trees with leaves, with fruits, with flowers clad,
Embrac'd each other, seeming to be glad.


'The Description of Cookham' (1611)


The walks put on their summer liveries, And all things else did hold like similes: The trees with leaves, with fruits, with flowers clad, Embrac'd...

The walks put on their summer liveries, And all things else did hold like similes: The trees with leaves, with fruits, with flowers clad, Embrac'd...

The walks put on their summer liveries, And all things else did hold like similes: The trees with leaves, with fruits, with flowers clad, Embrac'd...

The walks put on their summer liveries, And all things else did hold like similes: The trees with leaves, with fruits, with flowers clad, Embrac'd...