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Three days the flowers of the garden fair, / Like stars when the moon is awakened, were, / Or the waves of Baiae, ere luminous / She floats up through the smoke of Vesuvius.
And on the fourth, the Sensitive Plant / Felt the sound of the funeral chant, / And the steps of the bearers, heavy and slow, / And the sobs of the mourners, deep and low;