How does the meadow-flower its bloom unfold? Because the lo… - William Wordsworth

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How does the meadow-flower its bloom
unfold?
Because the lovely little flower is free
Down to its root, and in that freedom
bold.

William Wordsworth

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William Wordsworth (April 7, 1770 – April 23, 1850) was a major English poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, launched the Romantic Age in English literature with the 1798 publication of Lyrical Ballads.

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Also Known As: Bard of Rydal Mount

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How does the meadow-flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free Down to its root, and in that freedom bold. - William Wordsworth

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