E'en the small violet feels a future power And waits each year renewing blooms to bring, And surely man is no inferior flower To die unworthy of a second spring?
John Clare
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The Instinct of Hope; Closing four lines of public-domain sonnet. Full poem read in Simon Kovesi’s selection, which cites the Symons1908 edition and The Rural Muse1835. Hope of renewed life after death, with spring flowers as its metaphor.
- The Instinct of Hope
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