 | Leaves of grass (1872) |  |
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When lilacs last in the door-yard bloom'd,And the great star early droop'd in the western sky in the night,
I mourn'd—and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring.
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O ever-returning spring! trinity sure to me you bring;Lilac blooming perennial, and drooping star in the west,
And thought of him I love.
| Leaves of grass (1872) | |