“And the ripe harvest of the new-mown hay
Gives it a sweet and wholesome odour.”
Act V, scene 3.
Richard III (altered) (1700)
“That was a day of delight and wonder.
While lying the shade of the maple trees under—
He felt the soft breeze at its frolicksome play;
He smelled the sweet odor of newly mown hay.”
Under the Trees, reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 494.
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