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Sonnet 54 is one of 154 sonnets published in 1609 by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare.It is considered one of the Fair Youth sequence. This sonnet is a continuation of the theme of inner substance versus outward show by noting the distinction between roses and canker blooms; only roses can preserve their inner essence by being distilled into perfume.
Rosa rubiginosa (sweet briar, [2] sweetbriar rose, [3] sweet brier or eglantine; [2] syn. R. eglanteria) is a species of rose native to Europe and western Asia ...
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" is a popular adage from William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, in which Juliet seems to argue that it does not matter that Romeo is from her family's rival house of Montague. The reference is used to state that the names of things do not affect what they really are.
Most prevalent in the United Kingdom, William Shakespeare wrote about the flower in A Midsummer Night's Dream, [35] which in his time was called eglantine, though it can now also refer to Rosa rubiginosa (Sweet brier). [33] Oberon, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II, Scene I quoting his words: "With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine."
Parents are turning to flowers and nature for baby name inspiration. Here are 50 flower baby names to try.
Rosa rubiginosa L. – sweetbriar rose, sweet briar, sweet brier, eglantine (Caninae) Rosa rubus H.Lév. & Vaniot; Rosa rugosa Thunb. – rugosa rose, beach rose, Japanese rose, Ramanas rose, letchberry (Rosa) Rosa russanovii Tkatsch. Rosa × sabinii J.Woods; Rosa × salaevensis Rapin; Rosa sambucina Koidz. Rosa saturata Baker; Rosa saundersiae ...
A dog rose, [citation needed] it is in the subgenus Rosa, section Caninae, and subsection Rubigineae. [citation needed] It is a close relative of, and very similar to the sweet briar, Rosa rubiginosa, but with smaller leaves, white to blush petals, and very little odor from either the flowers or the leaves.
De Eglantier (Sweet Briar or Eglantine Rose) (spelling variations: Egelantier and Eglentier) was a chamber of rhetoric in Amsterdam that arose in 1517 or 1518, possibly as a continuation of older chambers of rhetoric. It is one of the most famous chambers of rhetoric.