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TO MRS. ANN FLAXMAN by WILLIAM BLAKE

Poet Analysis

First Line: A LITTLE FLOWER GREW IN A LONELY VALE
Last Line: TIS YOUR OWN FAULT IF YOU DONT FLOURISH NOW
Subject(s): BIBLE; FLOWERS; MYTHOLOGY;

A little Flower grew in a lonely Vale
Its form was lovely but its colours. pale
One standing in the Porches of the Sun
When his Meridian Glories were begun
Leapd from the steps of fire & on the grass
Alighted where this little flower was
With hands divine he movd the gentle Sod
And took the Flower up in its native Clod
Then planting it upon a Mountains brow
'Tis your own fault if you dont flourish now




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