Quote#Nature
The flowers left thick at nightfall in the wood
Quote byEdward Thomas · 1878–1917
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "In Memoriam (Easter 1915)", line 1, cited from Collected Poems (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978), p. 173..
English (original)
The flowers left thick at nightfall in the wood This Eastertide call into mind the men, Now far from home, who, with their sweethearts, should Have gathered them and will do never again.
— Edward Thomas
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