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Divination By a Daffodil

by Robert Herrick, 1648

When a daffodil I see,
Hanging down his head towards me,
Guess I may what I must be:
First, I shall decline my head;
Secondly, I shall be dead;
Lastly, safely buried.

Published in Hesperides
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