Put this inadequate armor by,
And bid the contentious heart have done
Repulsing cherry-colored sky,
And cherry-branch aslant in sun.
Too importunate adversary,
Let him not press unarmed to pass
The plated phalanx of the berry,
The bannered cavalcade of grass.
Dare he to ride one violet under,
He is undone, past every art;
Crocus shall burst his breast asunder,
And dogwood desolate his heart.
Best the ungarlanded forehead; best
The broken contention put behind;
The luminous arrow in the breast,
The flowering miracle in the mind.
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