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Tall Nettles

by Edward Thomas

TALL nettles cover up, as they have done

These many springs, the rusty harrow, the plough

Long worn out, and the roller made of stone:

Only the elm butt tops the nettles now.

This corner of the farmyard I like most:

As well as any bloom upon a flower

I like the dust on the nettles, never lost

Except to prove the sweetness of a shower.

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About this poem

First line
TALL nettles cover up, as they have done
Poet
Edward Thomas
Themes
nature, love, death, war

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