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I Have Seen a Flower

  • Writer: Benjamin T. Inman
    Benjamin T. Inman
  • Jan 2, 2024
  • 1 min read

I have seen a flower,

and I want to know the tree--

though but a sparrow spun and turned to see.


In all the brightness to flit--

In the folded lace and wild to sit--


What song have I here?

What song has me hear?


Full from the earth, full to the sky,

no, not nest-- alight, adorn, a branch with rest--

the wide sky full risen, and this height gazing past west.


For every tree there is the sea--

though far, and far, and far and free--

though here only sweet in sap it be.


I have seen a flower,

and I want to know the tree.

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Apr 09, 2024
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Apr 09, 2024
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