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  (courtesy Rothe Technologies, Inc.)

Ah Sunflower! weary of time,

    Who countest the steps of the Sun,

Seeking after that sweet golden clime

    Where the traveler's journey is done;

Where the Youth pined away with desire,

    And the pale virgin shrouded in snow,

Arise from their graves, and aspire

    Where my sunflower wishes to go!