...at times the image of his enthusiastic sister, quailing beneath an hopeless passion, and letting " concealment, like the worm in the bud, feed on her damask cheek," presented a painful idea to his mind. The interview with the earl had relieved Charles from a mine...

...I see it, my dear, and you will see it too if you watch her well. ' She pines in thought, and lets concealment, like the worm in the bud, feed on her damask cheek ;' but in vain she conceals from me. Eyes of love see clearly, don't they, my dear? and I love your...

...describes the fate of an imaginary lovelorn sister who, rather than speaking of her feelings, "lets concealment, like the worm in the bud / Feed on her damask cheek" and falls as a result into "a green and yellow melancholy" (Act 2, Scene 4). As does Viola, Brandes...