When roses cease to bloom

Emily Dickinson

1830 to 1886

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When roses cease to bloom, dear,
  And violets are done,
When bumble-bees in solemn flight
  Have passed beyond the sun,

The hand that paused to gather
  Upon this summer's day
Will idle lie, in Auburn, —
  Then take my flower, pray!

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