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LENTEN FLOWERS by KATHLEEN JESSIE RAINE

Poet Analysis

First Line: PRIMROSE, ANEMONE, BLUEBELL, MOSS
Last Line: ALL MUST DIE THAT ENTER HERE!
Subject(s): DEATH; FLOWERS; TREES; DEAD, THE;

Primrose, anemone, bluebell, moss
Grow in the kingdom of the cross

And the ash-tree's purple bud
Dresses the spear that sheds his blood.

With the thorns that pierce his brow
Soft encircling petals grow

For in each flower the secret lies
Of the tree that crucifies.

Garden by the water clear
All must die that enter here!



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