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Floral Poetry. 
DAWN, GENTLE FLOWER. 
YA AWN, gentle flower. 
From the morning earth ! 
We will gaze and wonder 
At thy wondrous birth ! 
Bloom, gentle flower ! 
Lover of the night, 
Sought by wind and shower, 
Fondled by the night ! 
Fade, gentle flower ! 
All thy white leaves close ; 
Having shone thy beauty, 
Time ’tis for repose. 
Die, gentle flower, 
In the silent sun ! 
So—all pangs are over, 
All thy tasks are done ! 
Day hath no more glory, 
Though he soars so high ; 
Thine is all man’s story— 
Live—and love—and die ! 
Barry Cornwall. 
