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<p dir="ltr"> What will they do when I am gone? It is plain<br> That they will do without me as the rain<br> Can do without the flowers and the grass<br> That profit by it and must perish without.<br> I have but seen them in the loud street pass;<br> And I was naught to them. I turned about<br> To see them disappearing carelessly.<br> But what if I in them as they in me<br> Nourished what has great value and no price?<br> Almost I thought that rain thirsts for a draught<br> Which only in the blossom's chalice lies,<br> Until that one turned back and lightly laughed.<br></p>

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2982.txt

Creator

Thomas, Edward (1878-1917)

Date

1979

Date Created

01/01/1979

Temporal Date

31/12/1979

Type

Poem

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Copyright Edward Thomas, 1979, reproduced under licence from Faber and Faber Ltd.

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ProQuest

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive

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