Sometimes described as ‘the flower of grief’, the marigold actually weeps on occasion. Droplets gather in the flower during the night and drip off like tears when it opens in the morning.
This characteristic moved Shakespeare to write in A Winter’s Tale: “The Marigold that goes to bed with the sun, / And with him rises weeping.” Grief mixed with joy, poverty linked with abundance of good gifts—that is the marigold’s reflection of the lady for whom she is named” - Brother John M. Samaha, S.M.
Sometimes described as ‘the flower of grief’, the marigold actually weeps on occasion. Droplets gather in the flower during the night and drip off like tears when it opens in the morning.
This characteristic moved Shakespeare to write in A Winter’s Tale: “The Marigold that goes to bed with the sun, / And with him rises weeping.” Grief mixed with joy, poverty linked with abundance of good gifts—that is the marigold’s reflection of the lady for whom she is named” - Brother John M. Samaha, S.M.
