Shakespearean Phrases Primrose Path Note: Usually said to be led down the primrose path or to lead someone down the primrose path. Meaning: Primrose path: Earthly delights that come to an end. To be led down the primrose path: To be led astray / To indulge in temporal delights. Example: 1) The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is a poem which extols the virtues of the primrose path. 2) Dont let your greedy friend lead you down the primrose path. Etymology: This phrase derives from William Shakespeares Hamlet. It is a literary allusion to a path strewn with flowers. Ophelia: I shall the effect of this good lesson keep As watchman to my heart. But, good my brother, Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven Whiles, like a puffed and reckless libertine, Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads And recks not his own rede. Hamlet ( Act 1, Scene 3) William Shakespeare
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