The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the…

The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise.

Thomas Gray

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What turned up: Ode on the Pleasure arising from Vicissitude. Line 53.; Bartlett, Familiar Quotations, ninth edition, Thomas Gray entry; Ode on the Pleasure arising from Vicissitude. Line 53.; Wording and named work checked in Bartlett’s published reference; literary quotations are excerpts. Source identifies the w
Work: Ode on the Pleasure arising from Vicissitude. Line 53.
Sources checked: gutenberg.orgChecked using manual, 17 October 2026Ode on the Pleasure arising from Vicissitude. Line 53.; Bartlett, Familiar Quotations, ninth edition, Thomas Gray entry; Ode on the Pleasure arising from Vicissitude. Line 53.; Wording and named work checked in Bartlett’s published reference; literary quotations are excerpts. Source identifies the w

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