sparabella

Updated: May 14, 2025

There was also the Catherine-pear, to which Gay alludes in his "Pastorals," where Sparabella, on comparing herself with her rival, says: "Her wan complexion's like the withered leek, While Catherine-pears adorn my ruddy cheek." Herb-Barbara, or St.

T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton) Dyer - The Folk-lore of Plants