You, the Sunflower, hugging the Sunny hours;
Attract bees in quite a gracious way,
But the snowy winter at last showers -
Requiem they sing and beauty decays.
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I have seen the loveliest flower born,
My spirit flew to thee as a wild fawn;
Bequeathed the dewy night and morn:
Thy child was praised in every dusk and dawn.
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Thou the inspiring maiden of the sky,
Wash thy dale with thine silvery rays,
As thou fade when dawns daunting eye;
Shines at ease over the full sway.
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