Little park that I pass through,
I carry off a piece of you
Every morning hurrying down
To my work-day in the town;
...
Are you awake? Do you hear the rain?
How rushingly it strikes upon the ground,
And on the roof, and the wet window-pane!
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Oh, beautiful are the flowers of your garden,
The flowers of your garden are fair:
Blue flowers of your eyes
...
Since I have felt the sense of death,
Since I have borne its dread, its fear—
Oh, how my life has grown more dear
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I have heard them in the night—
The cry of their fear,
Because there is no light,
Because they do not hear
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