Nature

XIX

by Edward FitzGerald 1809–1883

From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Nature

And this delightful Herb whose tender Green
Fledges the River's Lip on which we lean--
Ah, lean upon it lightly! for who knows
From what once lovely Lip it springs unseen!

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