Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE FEAR OF FLOWERS, by JOHN CLARE


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First Line: The nodding oxeye bends before the wind
Last Line: In every place the very wasp of flowers.
Subject(s): Flowers


The nodding oxeye bends before the wind,
The woodbine quakes lest boys their flowers should find,
And prickly dog-rose, spite of its array,
Can't dare the blossom-seeking hand away,
While thistles wear their haughty plume,
And by the roadside danger's self defy;
On commons where pined sheep and oxen lie,
In ruddy pomp and ever thronging mood
It stands and spreads like danger in a wood,
And in the village street, where meanest weeds
Can't stand untouched to fill their husks with seeds,
The haughty thistle o'er all danger towers,
In every place the very wasp of flowers.




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