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Ah, Sun-flower! weary of time, |
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Who countest the steps of the Sun, |
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Seeking after that sweet golden clime |
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Where the traveller's journey is done. |
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Where the Youth pined away with desire, |
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And the pale Virgin shrouded in snow |
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Arise from their graves, and aspire |
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Where my Sun-flower wishes to go. |
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The wind-flower and the violet, |
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they perished long ago, |
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And the brier-rose and the orchis died |
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amid the summer glow; |
| [03:12.002] |
But on the hill the golden-rod, |
| [03:15.730] |
and the aster in the wood, |
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And the yellow sun-flower by the brook, |
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in autumn beauty stood, |
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Till fell the frost from the clear cold heaven, |
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as falls the plague on men, |
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And the brightness of their smile was gone, |
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from upland, glade, and glen. |
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The modest Rose puts forth a thorn, |
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The humble Sheep a threat'ning horn; |
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While the Lilly white shall in Love delight, |
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Nor a thorn, nor a threat, stain her beauty bright. |
