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Cyclamen

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I had a plant which would not thrive,          Although I watered it with care,          I could not save the blossoms fair,     Nor even keep the leaves alive.     I strove till it was vain to strive.          I gave it light, I gave it air,          I sought from skill and counsel rare     The means to make it yet survive.     A lady sent it me, to prove          She held my friendship in esteem;                 I would not have it as she said,     I wanted it to be for love;          And now not even friends we seem,                 And now the cyclamen is dead.

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