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Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Second Book of Modern Verse. 1922.

Symbol

MY faith is all a doubtful thing,

Wove on a doubtful loom,—

Until there comes, each showery spring,

A cherry-tree in bloom;

And Christ who died upon a tree

That death had stricken bare,

Comes beautifully back to me,

In blossoms, everywhere.