Flower in the crannied wall

Alfred Tennyson

Flower in the crannied wall,

I pluck you out of the crannies,

I hold you here, root and all, in my hand,

Little flower – but if I could understand

What you are, root and all, and all in all,

I should know what God and man is.

Fonte: Wallace, A. R. 2012 [1889]. Darwinismo. SP, Edusp. Poema publicado em livro em 1863.