Buttercup (Ranunculus) Quotes. Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922

Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922.

Buttercup (Ranunculus)


The royal kingcup bold Dares not don his coat of gold. Edwin Arnold—Almond Blossoms.	1
He likes the poor things of the world the best, I would not, therefore, if I could be rich. It pleases him to stoop for buttercups. E. B. Browning—Aurora Leigh. Bk. IV.	2
All will be gay when noontide wakes anew The buttercups, the little children’s dower. Robert Browning—Home Thoughts. From Abroad.	3
The buttercups, bright-eyed and bold, Held up their chalices of gold To catch the sunshine and the dew. Julia C. R. Dorr—Centennial Poem. L. 165.	4
Fair is the kingcup that in meadow blows, Fair is the daisy that beside her grows. Gay—Shepherd’s Week. Monday. L. 43.	5
Against her ankles as she trod The lucky buttercups did nod. Jean Ingelow—Reflections.	6
And O the buttercups! that field O’ the cloth of gold, where pennons swam— Where France set up his lilied shield, His oriflamb, And Henry’s lion-standard rolled: What was it to their matchless sheen, Their million million drops of gold Among the green! Jean Ingelow—The Letter L Present. St. 3.	7
The buttercups across the field Made sunshine rifts of splendor. D. M. Mulock—A Silly Song.	8
When buttercups are blossoming, The poets sang, ’tis best to wed: So all for love we paired in Spring— Blanche and I—ere youth had sped. E. C. Stedman—Bohemia.	9