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 "title": "The Fruits of Death",
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 "book": "A Chant of Mystics and Other Poems",
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  "venue": "A Chant of Mystics and Other Poems (1921)",
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   {
    "text": "Said the folded Leaves upon the Heath",
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   {
    "text": "To the opening Leaves upon the Tree:",
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   {
    "text": "“Soon will the Warders of the Storm",
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   {
    "text": "Bring us to our Mother-Sea,",
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   {
    "text": "Even as they opened yesternight",
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   {
    "text": "Our prison doors of Destiny:",
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   {
    "text": "We envy not the Birds now nor the Dew;",
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    "text": "To them we leave the Forest and to you.”",
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   {
    "text": "The infant Leaves thus made reply:",
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   {
    "text": "“But we rejoice that we are here;",
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   {
    "text": "We stand in the cerulean Gate",
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   {
    "text": "Of Life to crown the dying Year.",
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   {
    "text": "Him who emancipates we love,",
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   {
    "text": "He who enchains is also dear:",
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   {
    "text": "You are the Flowers of the Storm, and we,",
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    "text": "We are the Fruits of Death upon Life’s tree.",
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