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The Lent (or Lenten) Lily is better known today as the daffodil. The windflower is another name for the anemone: I suspect that Housman had in mind the wood anemone.

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'Tis spring; come out to ramble
The hilly brakes around,
For under thorn and bramble
About the hollow ground
The primroses are found.

And there's the windflower chilly
With all the winds at play,
And there's the Lenten lily
That has not long to stay
And dies on Easter day.

And since till girls go maying
You find the primrose still,
And find the windflower playing
With every wind at will,
But not the daffodil,

Bring baskets now, and sally
Upon the spring's array,
And bear from hill and valley
The daffodil away
That dies on Easter day.

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from Born To Be Mild: 1st Demo Album, released February 1, 2022
Words by A.E. Housman ('A Shropshire Lad' XXIX). Tune, vocal and guitar by David A. Harley.

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David Harley is a former professional musician, administrator, IT security editor, author and researcher, and former much else that is even less impressive. He now lives in Cornwall. More info at whealalice.com

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