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by Elizabeth Barrett Browning · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
Part of Hector in the Garden

Brazen helm of daffodillies,

      With a glitter toward the light;

      Purple violets, for the mouth,

      Breathing perfumes west and south;

And a sword of flashing lilies,

      Holden ready for the fight.

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