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was a paly primrose, Budding very early In the little garden, When he lay so ill. "Do you think I may be Well enough to go there When the flower opens, Papa?" he asked of me. But only a day after Our little Sunshine left us, And the primrose opened The very day he died. I wonder if he saw it, Saw the flower open, Went to pay the visit Yonder after all! I know we laid the flower On a stilly bosom Of an ivory image; But I want to know