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THE AVATAR by HERMAN MELVILLE

Poet Analysis

First Line: BLOOM OR REPUTE FOR GRAFT OR SEED
Last Line: OF SWEET-BRIAR, A WILDING OR WEED.

Bloom or repute for graft or seed
In flowers the flower-gods never heed.
The rose-god once came down and took --
Form in a rose? Nay, but indeed
The meeker form and humbler look
Of Sweet-Briar, a wilding or weed.



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