IV

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
Part of New Year's Eve

I only wish to live till the snowdrops come again:

I wish the snow would melt and the sun come out on high:

I long to see a flower so before the day I die.

#alfred lord tennyson #hope #mortality #nature #seasonal

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