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First Line: Now florence fills her lap with buds of may
Last Line: "of sun and rain, of smile and sorrow born."
Subject(s): Death - Children; Florence, Italy; Death - Babies


Now Florence fills her lap with buds of May,
And all, with roses, be they rich or poor,
Stream through the great cathedral's brazen door,
To get them blessed upon the Roses' Day.

Roses and yet more roses, brought away
From hundreds of wild gardens, Spring's great store,
Are blessed; but, crushed on the cathedral floor,
Lies many a bud that caught the dawn's first ray.

And so we cried: "O Priest, a bud we'll bring
For thee to bless, fresh-sprinkled by the morn,
When myriad roses crown triumphant Spring.

Late to the breeze it came, through many a thorn,
On our grey villa wall: a frail sweet thing,
Of sun and rain, of smile and sorrow born."





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