Flowers, the sole luxury which nature knew, In Eden's pure and guiltless garden grew- Gay without toil, and lovely without art, They spring to cheer the sense, and glad the heart. (Anna Letitia Barbauld)

Flowers, the sole luxury which nature knew, In Eden's pure and guiltless garden grew- Gay without toil, and lovely without art, They spring to cheer the sense, and glad the heart.

Anna Letitia Barbauld

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