Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922.
Pear
“Now, Sire,” quod she, “for aught that may bityde,
I moste haue of the peres that I see,
Or I moote dye, so soore longeth me
To eten of the smalle peres grene.”
Chaucer—Canterbury Tales. The Merchantes Tale. L. 14,669.
The great white pear-tree dropped with dew from leaves
And blossom, under heavens of happy blue.
Jean Ingelow—Songs with Preludes. Wedlock.
A pear-tree planted nigh:
’Twas charg’d with fruit that made a goodly show,
And hung with dangling pears was every bough.
Pope—January and May. L. 602.