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PLANTING FLOWERS, ETC.
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Oh, kindly spare my plants to tear,
    Ye groups that wander nigh,
When summer sunsets fire with gold
    The glorious western sky:
So when you slumber in the dust,
    Where now your footsteps tread,
May griev'd affection train the rose
    Above your lowly bed.