Plants and Men

Plants and Men written by William Henry Davies

From "The Bird of Paradise", 1914

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You berries once,
  In early hours,
Were pretty buds,
  And then fair flowers.

Drop, drop at once,
  Your life is done;
You cannot feel
  The dew or sun.

We are the same,
  First buds, then flowers;
Hard berries then,
  In our last hours.

Sweet buds, fair flowers,
  Hard berries then -
Such is the life
  Of plants and men.

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