The wood-wind stirs the flowering chestnut-tree,

Whose curving blossoms strew the glimmering grass

Like crescents that wind-wrinkled waters glass;

And, like a moonstone in a frill of flame,

The dewdrop trembles in the peony,

As in a lover's heart his sweetheart's name.

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In after years shall she stand here again,

In heart regretful? and with lonely sighs