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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FLOWER, by THOMAS HOOD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Alone, across a foreign plain
Last Line: He murmurs, 'lawk-a-daisy!'
Subject(s): Flowers
First Line: Alone, across a foreign plain
Last Line: He murmurs, 'lawk-a-daisy!'
Subject(s): Flowers
ALONE, across a foreign plain,
The Exile slowly wanders,
And on his Isle beyond the main
With saddened spirit ponders.
This lovely Isle beyond the sea,
With all its household treasures;
Its cottage homes, its merry birds,
And all its rural pleasures:
Its leafy woods, its shady vales,
Its moors, and purple heather;
Its verdant fields bedecked with stars
His childhood loves to gather.
When lo! he starts, with glad surprise,
Home-joys come rushing o'er him,
For 'modest, wee, and crimson-tipped',
He spies the flower before him!
With eager haste he stoops him down,
His eyes with moisture hazy,
And as he plucks the simple bloom,
He murmurs, 'Lawk-a-daisy!'
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