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ReadingWillow structured literacy program for Australian students

I tend my flowers for thee

Emily Dickinson·1830–1886
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I tend my flowers for thee --Bright Absentee!My Fuchsia's Coral SeamsRip -- while the Sower -- dreams -- Geraniums -- tint -- and spot --Low Daisies -- dot --My Cactus -- splits her BeardTo show her throat -- Carnations -- tip their spice --And Bees -- pick up --A Hyacinth -- I hid --Puts out a Ruffled Head --And odors fallFrom flasks -- so small --You marvel how they held -- Globe Roses -- break their satin glake --Upon my Garden floor --Yet -- thou -- not there --I had as lief they boreNo Crimson -- more -- Thy flower -- be gay --Her Lord -- away!It ill becometh me --I'll dwell in Calyx -- Gray --How modestly -- alway --Thy Daisy --Draped for thee!