The Gentian has a parched Corolla --

The Gentian has a parched Corolla --
Like azure dried
'Tis Nature's buoyant juices
Beatified --
Without a vaunt or sheen
As odorless --[^a1]innocent[^a2]casual as Rain
And as benign --

[^a1: odorless -- | odorless --]

[^a2: innocent | innocent]

When most is past -- it comes --
Nor isolate it seems I
t's Bond it's Friend --
To fill it's Fringed sphere[^a3]career
And aid an aged Year
Abundant end --

[^a3: sphere | sphere]

It's lot -- were it forgot --
This Truth declare[^a4]endear --
Fidelity is gain
Creation o'er --

[^a4: declare | declare]