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ROSE'S BIRTHDAY by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR

Poet Analysis

First Line: TELL ME, PERVERSE YOUNG YEAR
Last Line: RESERVE THY FROWNS FOR MINE.
Subject(s): BIRTHDAYS;

TELL me, perverse young year!
Why is the morn so drear?
Is there no flower to twine?
Away, thou churl, away!
'Tis Rose's natal day,
Reserve thy frowns for mine.



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