The darling buds of May…

Beauty, famously, is in the eye of the beholder. To Currier and Ives customers in 1845, this picture had it to spare. A gorgeous hottie and some lovely posies. Wow.

We will not mock further. Okay, that's not a miniskirt, but our lass there might have been a runway model, back in the day. That was the latest hairstyle, too.

Shakespeare said it best:

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

Thou are more lovely and more temperate,

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,

And summer's lease hath all too short a date.

But thy eternal summer shall not fade…

The Bard might have been talking about this lovely lady. Or her flowers. Take your pick.

And gather ye rosebuds while ye may…

Dmitri Gheorgheni

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