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FORGET-ME-NOT by PEARL GUNN FOWLER

First Line: OH, DEAR LITTLE FORGET - ME - NOT
Last Line: "A HERO -- WOUNDED -- HAS CHOSEN ME."
Subject(s): FLOWERS; IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS;

Oh, dear little forget-me-not,
Why are your petals so blue?
Is there a bit of heaven
Reflected in softest hue?

Tell me, little forget-me-not,
Why are you so small?
I scarcely can see you growing
Beside my garden wall.

"Ah! God looked down upon me,
That's why my petals are blue;
In return I promised Him,
To be loyal, kind and true.

"Forget me not as you pass by,
I'm small, but patient, you see;
Stoop down, and look into my soul --
A hero -- wounded -- has chosen me."



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