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O lovely lily clean, O lily springing green, O lily bursting white, Dear lily of delight, Spring in my heart agen That I may flower to men.

John Masefield

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John Masefield
Age: 88 †
Born: 1878
Born: June 1
Died: 1967
Died: May 12
Journalist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
County of Herefordshire
John Edward Masefield
May
Lovely
Heart
Delight
Men
Dear
Clean
Green
Springing
Spring
Lily
Flower
Bursting
White
Lilies

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