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FRAGMENTS INTENDED FOR DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: DAY OF SURPASSING BEAUTY by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE EARTH IS BRIGHT, HER FORESTS ALL ARE GOLDEN
Last Line: A CROWN, OR CROSS, FOR ONE IS BORN TO-DAY.
Subject(s): BEAUTY; BIRTH; EARTH; NATURE; SECRETS; CHILD BIRTH; MIDWIFERY; WORLD;

THE earth is bright, her forests all are golden;
A cloud of flowers breathes blushing over her
And, whispering from bud to blossom, opens
The half-awakened memory of the song
She heard in childhood from the mystic sun.
There is some secret stirring in the world,
A thought that seeks impatiently its word:
A crown, or cross, for one is born to-day.



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