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H. D.

H. D.

Pear Tree

Silver dust
lifted from the earth,
higher than my arms reach,
you have mounted.
O silver,
higher than my arms reach
you front us with great mass;
 
no flower ever opened
so staunch a white leaf,
no flower ever parted silver
from such rare silver;
 
O white pear,
your flower—tufts,
thick on the branch,
bring summer and ripe fruits
in their purple hearts.

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