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amongst anemone Anglo-Saxon appear beauty Ben Jonson beneath bird bloom blossoms blue borage botanical name boughs bower breath bright buds called charm Christmas colour Cowper cowslip crimson daffodil daisy deck delight derived doth dwell earth eglantine Egyptian lotus emblem English eyebright fair favourite feeling floral flowers foliage following lines forget-me-not foxglove fragrant fruit furze garden glory golden gorse grace Greek words green ground grow growth guelder rose hath hawthorn heart herb holly holy honour leaf leaves lily Lord lowly Lycidas marsh marigold melancholy Milton mistletoe nature o'er Osmund pale plant poems poetic poets praise primrose purple referred rose rosemary scorpion season seen shade Shakspere shamrock snowdrop species Spenser spring summer sweet symbol tender thee things Thomson thorn thou thought tree unto violet wallflower water-lily wild wind-flowers wood woodbine Wordsworth writes yellow