"...daffodils, That come before the swallow dares,..." (William Shakespeare)

"I would I had some flowers o' th' spring that might
Become your time of day, and yours, and yours,
That wear upon your virgin branches yet
Your maidenheads growing. O, Proserpina,
For the flowers now that, frighted, thou let'st fall
From Dis's wagon; daffodils,
That come before the swallow dares, and take
The winds of March with beauty;..."

SOURCE: "The Winter's Tale" - "Act IV" - "Scene IV" (William Shakespeare)