Read full poem →All round our nest, far as the eye can pass,
Are golden kingcup-fields with silver edge
Where the cow-parsley skirts the hawthorn-hedge.
Dictionary Entry
Any of various species of buttercup, or the marsh marigold, Caltha palustris.
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Poetry examples for “kingcup”
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Read full poem →Where any brook so radiant racing clear
Through buttercup and kingcup bright as brass
But gentle, nourishing the meadow grass