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| HAT sin do these blooms expiate, that shine Red on the stems nailed to my neighbour’s wall, And proudly hold above the thorny vine Their transient petals trembling at the fall? Take them, to smile or weep upon, and shape Their form and colour to what dreams you will, Watching with love their loveliness, and make The brief time of their fading quiet and still. In youth they had the courage to deride Lust of the wind and scourging of the sun; Now, laying bare their hearts, are satisfied To know that soon their passion will be done: While we that watch them grieve to see beneath Their living red the darker grain of death, -Arthur Barker =
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 919, 22 March 1957, Page 17
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120ETOILE DE HOLLANDE New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 919, 22 March 1957, Page 17
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