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the rose | |
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is dying the | |
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lips of an old man murder | |
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the petals | |
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hush |
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mysteriously | |
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invisible mourners move | |
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with prose faces and sobbing, garments | |
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The symbol of the rose | |
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motionless |
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with grieving feet and | |
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wings | |
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mounts | |
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against the margins of steep song | |
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a stallion sweetness , the |
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lips of an old man murder | |
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the petals. |
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Transcribed and formatted for Internet reading, with addition of line numbers, from the 1923 (Thomas Seltzer, Inc.) hardcover edition of Tulips and Chimneys by E.E. Cummings.