Such is the fate of all the dainty things that dance in wind or water.

do the bold and italic part of these sentences refer to a specific myth or any other similar literary things?

"Touch it, my lord. Is it not soft as water, strong as steel ? And then the roses ! Are they not finely woven ?
I think the hillsides that best love the rose. At Bellosguardo or at Fiesole, Throw no such blossoms on the lap of Spring. Or if they do their blossoms droop and die.
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Such is the fate of all the dainty things that dance in wind or water.