PEAR TREE
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ilver dustlifted from the earth,higher than my arms reach,you have mounted,O silver,higher than my arms reachyou front us with great mass; no flower ever openedso staunch a white leaf,no flower ever parted silverfrom such rare silver; O white pear,your flower-tuftsthick on the branchbring summer and ripe fruitsin their purple hearts.
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