Nature
XXXV
From Poems and Ballads (Third Series)
Nature
From all thy brightening downs whereon
The windy seaward whin-flower shows
Blossom whose pride strikes pale the rose
Forth is the golden watchword gone
Whereat the world's face glows.
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XXXV.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/242/.
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XXXV.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/242/.
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