How many Flowers fail in Wood
How many Flowers fail in Wood
Or perish from the Hill
Without the privilege to know
That they are Beautiful
How many cast a nameless Pod
Upon the nearest Breeze
Unconscious of the Scarlet Freight
It bear to Other Eyes





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