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Poems Of William Wordsworth: Lesson, A

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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Wordsworth, William

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Lesson, A

There is a flower, the Lesser Celandine, That shrinks like many more from cold and rain, And the first moment that the sun may shine, Bright as the sun himself, 'tis out again!

When hailstones have been falling, swarm on swarm, Or blasts the green field and the trees distrest, Oft have I seen it muffled up from harm In close self - shelter, like a thing at rest.

But lately, one rough day, this flower I past, And recognized it, though and alter'd form, Now standing forth an offering to the blast, And buffeted at will by rain and storm.

I stopp'd and said, with inly - ...

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