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Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By Anne ReeveAldrich

1586 April—and Dying

GREEN blood fresh pulsing through the trees,

Blacks buds, that sun and shower distend;

All other things begin anew,

But I must end.

Warm sunlight on faint-colored sward,

Warm fragrance in the breezes’ breath;

For other things art heat and life,

For me is death.