Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GROWTH IN MAY, by THOMAS HARDY



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First Line: I enter a daisy-and buttercup land
Last Line: And her gown, as she waits for her love.


I ENTER a daisy-and-buttercup land,
And thence thread a jungle of grass:
Hurdles and stiles scarce visible stand
Above the lush stems as I pass.

Hedges peer over, and try to be seen,
And seem to reveal a dim sense
That amid such ambitious and elbow-high green
They make a mean show as a fence.

Elsewhere the mead is possessed of the neats,
That range not greatly above
The rich rank thicket which brushes their teats,
And her gown, as she waits for her Love.





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