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Oberon's fanciful description (II.ii. 148-68) of the spot where he saw the little western flower called 'Love-in-idleness' that he bids Puck fetch for him, has been interpreted as a reminiscence of one of the scenic pageants with which the Earl of Leicester entertained Queen Elizabeth on her visit to
A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Sidney Lee 1892
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Oberon must have touched her eyes with the juice of Love-in-idleness.
Hyperion Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1844
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In her most light and fanciful poem, ‘To the Flower Love-in-idleness, and a Petition to the Fairies to Bring Indifference.
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"Now," said Oberon to this little sprite, "fetch me the flower called Love-in-idleness.
The Junior Classics — Volume 5 William Patten 1902
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