The Beauties of Nature, and the Wonders of the World We Live In

Chapter 17

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ON PLANT LIFE

Flower in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower--but _if_ I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.

TENNYSON.