But one, shrivelled and green,

And with no scent at all,

And barely seen

On this shed wall.

Edward Thomas

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"BLOWS THE WIND TO-DAY"

Blows the wind to-day, and the sun and the rain are flying,

Blows the wind on the moors to-day and now,

Where about the graves of the martyrs the whaups are crying,