There is a flower, a little flower With silver crest and golden eye, That welcomes every changing hour, … - James Montgomery

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But time in only another liar, so go along the wall a little further: if blackberries prove bitter there'll be mushrooms, fairy-ring mushrooms in the grass, sweetest of all fungi.

James Montgomery

There is a flower, a little flower With silver crest and golden eye, That welcomes every changing hour, And weathers every sky.

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