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 gloves, daffodils, primroses, celandines, and daisies emerge 



from the grassy slopes 

 Wordsworth writes : 



rich profusion ; of which 



" Pansies, lilies, kingcups, daisies, 

 Let them live upon their praises, 

 Long, as there's a sun that sets 

 Primroses will have their glory ; 

 Long as there are violets 

 They will have a place in story ; 

 There's a flower that shall be mine, 

 Tis the little celandine." 



DOVE COTTAGE AND GARDEN. 



Surrounding the memorable well are moneyworts, poly- 

 podiums, blechnums, parsley, lady ferns, and shield ferns 

 revelling in the ever ceaseless spring ; also, laburnums, 

 willows, and sycamores, with pendulous catkins of orange 

 and gold. Near these are the rugged steps and natural 

 rock work, covered with mosses, ferns, lichens, stonecrop, 

 and saxifragas a truly picturesque garden. The Poet 

 writes of it thus : 



" Oh happy garden, whose secluded spot 

 Hath been so friendly to industrious hours, 



And to soft slumbers that did gently steep 



Our spirits, carrying with them dreams of flowers." 



