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The Sweetest of Flowers

The bluebell is the sweetest of flowers,
That waves in summer air;
Its blossoms have the mightiest power,
To sooth my spirit’s care.

Emily Bronte

Bluebell Perspective

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12 Comments CherryPie on May 11th 2011

12 Responses to “The Sweetest of Flowers”

  1. Bernard says:
    May 11, 2011 at 9:14 pm

    My hundred thousand bells of blue,
    The splendour of the Spring,
    They carpet all the woods anew
    With royalty of sapphire hue;
    The Primrose is the Queen, ‘t is true.
    But surely I am King!
    Ah yes,
    The peerless Woodland King!

    Loud, loud the thrushes sing their song;
    The bluebells woods are wide;
    My stems are tall and straight and strong;
    From ugly streets the children throng,
    They gather armfuls, great and long,
    Then home they troop in pride -
    Ah yes,
    With laughter, and with pride!

    Lovely pic CherryPie. :)

    • CherryPie says:
      May 11, 2011 at 9:47 pm

      Thanks Bernard, that is a lovely poem :-)

      I do have some pictures (not yet posted) of the primroses from this location from last year.

      • Bernard says:
        May 12, 2011 at 5:28 pm

        I had it lined up for this years bluebell post – but they were all past their best by the time I got round to visiting the woods.

        • CherryPie says:
          May 12, 2011 at 10:59 pm

          It is strange how they flower differently in different parts of the country. Ours are still going strong.

          The portion of this I posted today was on the bluebell walk map for Attingham Park this year, and also on boards around the route. I did not know the full verse until you shared it with me :-)

  2. London Caller says:
    May 11, 2011 at 11:41 pm

    Yes, these are definitely English bluebells. :)
    And they are a bit shy. ;)

    • CherryPie says:
      May 11, 2011 at 11:57 pm

      From our conversations I need to go back. take notes and explore. My photos are confusing not making it clear which bluebell is which :-/

  3. jams o donnell says:
    May 12, 2011 at 12:32 am

    Such beauty and elegance. They are one of my favourite flowers Cherie

  4. sally says:
    May 12, 2011 at 3:46 pm

    your bluebells have been lovely…. don’t see many round here :-( and i could not go on the bluebell walk this year as they had it during the week :-( so its been lovely to look at your photos :-) x

  5. Chrissy says:
    May 14, 2011 at 9:57 pm

    Nice to catch up …and lovely to see all the diferent the bluebell shots….oh and those lebanon trees too. I think this close up of the bluebells is my fave…but< perhaps I will go take another look ;)

    • CherryPie says:
      May 15, 2011 at 12:00 am

      Thanks Chrissy :-) It would be lovely to meet up and enjoy Attingham together sometime.

      This was my fave shot of the bluebells. The Cedars are wonderful, I don’t think any of my shots do them justice….