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THE FRANCE FLOWER by JOHN GALSWORTHY

First Line: I STROLL FORTH THIS FLOWERY DAY
Last Line: THE FRANCE FLOWER, THE FLOWER OF LIGHT!
Subject(s): FLOWERS;

I STROLL forth this flowery day
Of "print-frocks" and buds of may,
And speedwells of tender blue
Whom no sky can match for hue.

I love well my English home;
Yet far thoughts do stealing come
To throng me like honey-bees,
Till far flowers my fancy sees --

'Tis almond against the snows,
And gentian, and mountain rose,
And Iris, in purple bright --
The France flower, the flower of light!



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