Screened is this nook o'er the high, half-reaped field,
And here til sundown, shepherd, will I be.
Through the thick corn the scarlet poppies peep
And round green roots and yellowing stalks I see
Pale pink convolvulus in tendrils creep;
And air-swept lindens yield
Their scent, and rustle down their perfumed showers
Of bloom on the bent grass where I am laid,
And bower me from the August sun with shade;
And the eye travels down to Oxford's towers;
from The Scholar Gypsy - Matthew Arnold.
Even if it is the wrong time of year to quote this poem. I just love the word 'convolvulus'.
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