The wilted orchids yearn for water
to bloom and sprout out in winter
as the dusty desert dreams of fresh leaves
and autumn showers alter the vineyards.
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Written in April 1798, during the alarm of an invasion
A green and silent spot, amid the hills,
A small and silent dell! O'er stiller place
No singing skylark ever poised himself.
The hills are heathy, save that swelling slope,
Which hath a gay and gorgeous covering on,
All golden with the never-bloomless furze,
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