This section is from the book "Herbs And Apples", by Helen Hay Whitney. Also available from Amazon: Herbs and Apples.
If one grew blind thro9 gazing
Wide-eyed upon the sun,
What matter when such memoried light
Would last till life were done.
If one should die of loving,
Divinely wild, and brave,
What matter with such dreams to dream
Within the quiet grave.
 
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