| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| A Windflower |
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| BETWEEN the roadside and the wood, | |
| Between the dawning and the dew, | |
| A tiny flower before the wind, | |
| Ephemeral in time, I grew. | |
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| The chance of straying feet came by,— | 5 |
| Nor death nor love nor any name | |
| Known among men in all their lands,— | |
| Yet failure put desire to shame. | |
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| To-night can bring no healing now, | |
| The calm of yesternight is gone; | 10 |
| Surely the wind is but the wind, | |
| And I a broken waif thereon. | |
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| How fair my thousand brothers wave | |
| Upon the floor of God’s abode: | |
| Whence came that careless wanderer | 15 |
| Between the woodside and the road! | |
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