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Alfred Castner King

O, a beautiful thing is the flower that fadeth,
  And perishing, smiles on the chill autumn wind;
A sweet desolation its ruin pervadeth,
  A fragrant remembrance still lingers behind.

O, a beautiful thing is the glad consummation
  Of a life that is upright, untarnished and pure;
That spirit, when freed from this earth’s animation,
  Shall live, as the heavens eternal endure!

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From Mountain Idylls, and Other Poems | Fleming H. Revell Company, 1901

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