How many Flowers fail in Wood --
Or perish from the Hill --
Without the privilege to know
That they are Beautiful --

How many cast a nameless Pod
Upon the nearest Breeze --
Unconscious of the Scarlet Freight --
It bear to Other Eyes --

Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 404. How many Flowers fail in Wood
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955

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