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Lilacs

by Hilda Conkling

After lilacs come out
The air loves to flow about them
The way water in wood-streams
Flows and loves and wanders.
I think the wind has a sadness
Lifting other leaves, other sprays. . . .
I think the wind is a little selfish
About lilacs when they flower.

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