Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (18331908). An American Anthology, 17871900. 1900. |
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1152. What Though the Green Leaf Grow? |
| By Maybury Fleming |
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WHAT though the green leaf grow? | |
T will last a month and day; | |
In all sweet flowers that blow | |
Lurks Death, his slave Decay. | |
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But if my lady smile | 5 |
There is no Death at all; | |
The world is fair the while, | |
What though the red leaf fall? | |
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