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Henry King - A ContemplatioHenry King - A Contemplatio
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BRAVE flowers—that I could gallant it like you,      And be as little vain! You come abroad, and make a harmless show,      And to your beds of earth again. You are not proud: you know your birth: For your embroider`d garments are from earth. You do obey your months and times, but I      Would have it ever Spring: My fate would know no Winter, never die,      Nor think of such a thing. O that I could my bed of earth but view And smile, and look as cheerfully as you! O teach me to see Death and not to fear,      But rather to take truce! How often have I seen you at a bier,      And there look fresh and spruce! You fragrant flowers! then teach me, that my breath Like yours may sweeten and perfume my death.
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