[74:1] "The cup in the centre of the flower is supposed to contain the tears of Narcissus, to which Milton alludes; . . . and Virgil in the following-- 'Pars intra septa domorum Narcissi lacrymas . . . ponunt.'"--_Flora Domestica_, 268. [76:1] The "Quarterly Review," quoting this description, says that "few poets ever lived who could have written a description so simple and original, so vivid and descriptive." Yet it is an unconscious imitation of Homer's account of the Narcissus-- "νάρκισσόν θ' . . . θαυμαστὸν γανόωντα; σέβας δέ τε πᾶσιν ἰδέσθαι ἀθανάτοις τε θεοῖς ἠδὲ θνητοῖς ἀνθρώποις; τοῦ καὶ ἀπὸ ῥίζης ἑκατὸν κάρα ἐξεπεφύκει; κηώδει τ' ὀδμῆ πᾶς τ' οὐρανὸς εὐρὺς ὕπερθεν, γαῖά τε πᾶσ' ἐγέλασσε, καὶ ἁλμυρὸν οἶδμα θαλάσσης." _Hymn to Demeter_, 8-14. DAISIES. (1) _Song of Spring._ When Daisies pied, and Violets, &c. _Love's Labour's Lost_, act v, sc. 2 (904). (_See_ CUCKOO-BUDS.) (2) _Lucius._ Let us Find out the prettiest Daisied plot we can, And make him with our pikes and partizans A grave. _Cymbeline_, act iv, sc. 2 (397). (3) _Ophelia._ There's a Daisy. _Hamlet_, act iv, sc. 5 (183). (4) _Queen._ There with fantastic garlands did she come Of Crow-flowers, Nettles, Daisies, and Long Purples. _Ibid._, act iv, sc. 7 (169). (5) Without the bed her other faire hand was On the green coverlet; whose perfect white Show'd like an April Daisy on the Grass. _Lucrece_ (393). (6) Daisies smel-lesse, yet most quaint. _Two Noble Kinsmen_, Introd. song. _See_ APPENDIX. I., p. 359. DAMSONS, _see_ PLUMS. DARNEL. (1) _Cordelia._ Darnel, and all the idle weeds that grow In our sustaining Corn. _King Lear_, act iv, sc. 4 (5). (_See_ CUCKOO-FLOWERS.) (2) _Burgundy._ Her fallow leas, The Darnel, Hemlock, and rank Fumitory Doth root upon. _Henry V_, act v, sc. 2 (44). (3) _Pucelle._ Good morrow, Gallants! want ye Corn for bread? I think the Duke of Burgundy will fast, Before he'll buy again at such a rate; 'Twas full of Darnel; do you like the taste? _1st Henry VI_, act iii, sc. 2 (41). Virgil, in his Fifth Eclogue, says-- "Grandia sæpe quibus mandavimus hordea solcis Infelix lolium et steriles dominantur avenæ." Thus translated by Thomas Newton, 1587--