Quote#Nature
Summer set lip to earth's bosom bare
Quote byFrancis Thompson · 1859–1907
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Poppy..
English (original)
Summer set lip to earth's bosom bare; And left the flushed print in a poppy there: Like a yawn of fire from the grass it came, And the fanning wind puffed it to flapping flame.
— Francis Thompson
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