Let the sun blaze out, and let the stream flow:

They will blossom and wax fair.

‘Red and white poppies grow at her feet;

The blood-red wait for sweet summer heat,

Wrapped in bud-coats hairy and neat;

But the white buds swell; one day they will burst,

Will open their death-cups drowsy and sweet;

Which will open the first?’

Then a hundred sad voices lifted a wail;

And a hundred glad voices piped on the gale: