Natural beauty provides us:

 

•  perennial happiness

   

• eternal gain

   

• freedom from despair

   

• a sense of pride

(i) What are the flowery bands bind us to the earth?

(ii) What message do the above lines convey?

This stanza has been taken from the poem:

The stanza has been written by:

Wreathing of flowery bands _______.

(i) Explain ‘in spite of all’.

(ii) What removes away the pall from our evil spirits?

(iii) Who do germinate a shady boon and for whom?

(iv) What is the common thing that the poet points out?

The pall from our dark spirits is moved away:

A shady boon is germinated by:

Natural beauty provides us:

(i) Name the flowers described in these lines?

(ii) What are the other natural ecosystems named here and what do they do?

(iii) What makes the mid-forest brake rich?

(iv) What does the blooming musk rose do according to the poet?

(v) Trace the word that means-‘small streams.’

The flowers described in the above stanza are: