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THE ROSA SANGUINEA by HENRY DAVID THOREAU

Poet Analysis

First Line: AS OFTEN AS A MARTYR DIES
Last Line: INFORMS US WHICH WAY HE IS GONE.
Subject(s): MARTYRS; NATURE;
As often as a martyr dies,
This opes its petals to the skies;
And Nature by this trace alone
Informs us which way he is gone.


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