It bloomed and dropt, a Single Noon --

It bloomed and dropt, a Single Noon --
The Flower -- distinct and Red --
I, passing, thought another Noon
Another in it's stead

Will equal glow, and thought no More
But came another Day
To find the Species disappeared --
The Same Locality --

The Sun in place -- no other fraud
On Nature's General Sum[^a1]perfect Sum --
Had I but lingered Yesterday --
Was my retrieveless blame --

[^a1: General Sum | General Sum]

Much Flowers of this and further Zones
Have perished in my Hands
For seeking it's similitude -- closed[^a2]My Opportunity[^a3]Resemblance --
But unapproached it stands --

[^a2: similitude -- closed | similitude -- closed]

[^a3: My Opportunity | My Opportunity]

The single Flower of the Earth
That I, in passing by
Unconscious was -- Great Nature's Face
Went infinite by Me --[^a4]Passed infinite by Me --

[^a4: Went infinite by Me -- | Went infinite by Me --]