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Youth with an arrogant air	A
Passes me by	B
Age on his tottering staff	C
Stops with a sigh	B
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'Here is a flower 'he says	D
'I knew when young	E
It keeps its oldtime place	F
The woods among	E
	-
'Fresh and fragrant as when	G
I was a boy	H
Still is it young as then	G
And full of joy	H
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'Years have not changed it no	I
In leaf and bloom	J
It keeps the selfsame glow	I
And the same perfume	J
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'Time that has grayed my hair	A
And bowed my form	K
Retains it young and fair	A
And full of charm	L
	-
'The root from which it grows	M
Is firm and fit	N
And every year bestows	M
New strength on it	N
	-
'Not so with me The years	O
Have changed me much	P
And care and pain and tears	Q
Have left their touch	P
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'It keeps a sturdy stock	R
And blooms the same	S
Beside the selfsame rock	R
Where I carved my name	S
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'My name I do not know	I
It is my own	T
'T was carved so long ago	I
'T is moss o'ergrown '	-
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He stoops beside the flower	U
He feels its need	V
And for a thoughtful hour	U
He gives it heed	V
	-
It beggars him it seems	W
In heart and mind	X
Of memories and dreams	W
Of days once kind	X
	-
'It gives and I must take	Y
Thoughts sweet with pain	Z
And feel again the ache	Y
Of the all in vain	Z
	-
'If it could understand	A2
All it implies	B2
Of loss to me who planned	A2
In life's emprise	B2
	-
'It would not look so fair	A
Nor flaunt its youth	C2
But strip its branches bare	A
And die of ruth	C2
	-
'Ah me days come and go	I
And I am old	D2
This wild rose tells me so	I
As none has told	D2
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'Had it not played a part	E2
In a love long past	F2
It would not break my heart	E2
With loss at last '	-

Madison Julius Cawein

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