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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AGERATUM, by HELEN FIELD WATSON
First Line: We two sowed this ageratum
Last Line: You—have gone!
Subject(s): Death; Grief; Old Age; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: We two sowed this ageratum
Last Line: You—have gone!
Subject(s): Death; Grief; Old Age; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness
We two sowed this ageratum—
You and I—
In our pretty garden where
Catbirds sang a varied air.
Sunshine crowned your silver hair,
Just last spring!
We transplanted ageratum—
You and I—
To our sunny border-bed.
At the pool the grosbeak's red
Matched the roses overhead,
Just last June!
I selected ageratum
For you, dear;
Took it to your fever-bed,
There a prayer and greeting said;
Laughed, but went with heart of lead,
Yesterday!
Now, I cut blue ageratum—
Calm with grief.—
With it creamy tulle I plait
For the door to indicate
That your body lies in state.
You—have gone!
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