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I Lay Me Down

One white flower in a wan worn field, The frailest of butterflies failing, The brown-leafed grief of an old year's yield, The last ray of sun unavailing; I lay me down in the wan worn field, I close up the wings of my eyes, To the sorrow of loneliness I give in, yield, Till you shine down again, or love dies.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2008




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