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A wan sky greener than the lawn, / A wan lawn paler than the sky. / She gave a flower into my hand, / And all the hours of eve went by.
Who knows what round the corner waits / To smite? If shipwreck, snare, or slur / Shall leave me with a head to lift, / Worthy of him that spoke with her.
A wan sky greener than the lawn, / A wan lawn paler than the sky. / She gave a flower into my hand, / And all the days of life went by.
Live ill or well, this thing is mine, / From all I guard it, ill or well. / One tawdry, tattered, faded flower / To show the jealous kings in hell.