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 The Tree of Scarlet Berries by Amy Lowell 
						The rain gullies the garden pathsAnd tinkles on the broad sides of grass blades.
 A tree, at the end of my arm, is hazy with mist.
 Even so, I can see that it has red berries,
 A scarlet fruit,
 Filmed over with moisture.
 It seems as though the rain,
 Dripping from it,
 Should be tinged with colour.
 I desire the berries,
 But, in the mist, I only scratch my hand on the thorns.
 Probably, too, they are bitter.
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