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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THIS LAWN, A CARPET ALL ALIVE, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
Last Line: Of sweetly-breathing flowers
Subject(s): Lawns; Grass
Last Line: Of sweetly-breathing flowers
Subject(s): Lawns; Grass
This Lawn, a carpet all alive
With shadows flung from leaves''"to strive
''aIn dance, amid a press
Of sunshine, an apt emblem yields
Of Worldlings revelling in the fields
''aOf strenuous idleness;
Less quick the stir when tide and breeze
Encounter, and to narrow seas
''aForbid a moment's rest;
The medley less when boreal Lights
Glance to and fro, like af'ry Sprites
''aTo feats of arms addrest!
Yet, spite of all this eager strife,
This ceaseless play, the genuine life
''aThat serves the stedfast hours,
Is in the grass beneath, that grows
Unheeded, and the mute repose
''aOf sweetly-breathing flowers.
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