<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[Pg 48]</SPAN></span></p>
<h3>XIV</h3>
<h3><i>The Aster</i></h3>
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<span class="i0">The little vagrant gypsy flower<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Has blossomed forth again—<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Your face against the autumn sky,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Your face against the rain.<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">The fevered youth of summer days<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Has passed away in tears.<br/></span>
<span class="i0">The aged winter totters down<br/></span>
<span class="i2">The pathway of the years.<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">Yet, nodding, luring, laughing o’er<br/></span>
<span class="i2">The tired world’s pain and scars,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Joyous I find between my hands<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Your face—in aster stars.<br/></span></div>
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