THROW roses on the sea where the dead went down.
  The roses speak to the sea,
  And the sea to the dead.
Throw roses, O lovers—
  Let the leaves wash on the salt in the sun.        5

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Poet: Carl Sandburg
Poem: 7. Throw Roses
Volume: Smoke and Steel
- V. Mist Forms
Year: Published/Written in 1922
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