Famous Quotes | It was a green...

It was a green world,
Unchanging holly with the curled
Points, cypress and conifers,
All that through the winter bears
Coarsened fertility against the frost.
- Philip Larkin
Attribution: Philip Larkin (1922–1986), British poet. “At the chiming of light upon sleep.”

Categories: Plants, Trees

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