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- ID
- c168
- Title
- "A Candle for Spring."
- Genre
- Essay
- Page Count
- 1
- Word Count
- 800
- Publisher
- Spectator
- Publication Year
- 1958
- Document Types
- Full-text Online
- Nature Writing
An account of a late winter, and its effect on flowers, birds, and humans, ending in ruminations during a power cut: "And heaven it was, I must say, to live for an hour or two ... with nothing to do but gaze at a cold spring evening fading with an occasional yellow flicker from tossing daffodils under a dim light of three candle-power and wait in silent patience for spring to win the old, immemorial battle."
In The Spectator (March 28, 1958, 200, p. 387, attached).
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