Hyacinth. Please forgive me.

~ Vanessa Diffenbaugh

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I sometimes think that never blows so redThe Rose as where some buried Caesar bled,That every Hyacinth the Garden wearsDropt in its Lap from some once lovely Head.

~ Omar Khayyám

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In your Curled petals what ghosts Of blue headlands and seas, What perfumed immortal breath sighing Of Greece.

~ Adelaide Crapsey

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