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HOW ROSES CAME RED (1) by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: ROSES AT FIRST WERE WHITE
Last Line: THE ROSES FIRST CAME RED.
Subject(s): FLOWERS; ROSES;
1. Roses at first were white,
Till they co'd not agree,
Whether my Sapho's breast,
Or they more white sho'd be.

2. But being vanquisht quite,
A blush their cheeks bespred;
Since which (beleeve the rest)
The Roses first came red.



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