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ROSES (1) by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON

Poet Analysis

First Line: ROSES THAT BRIEFLY LIVE
Last Line: KNOWS WAS A ROSE.
Subject(s): FLOWERS; ROSES;

ROSES that briefly live,
Joy is your dower;
Blest be the Fates that give
One perfect hour.
And, though too soon you die,
In your dust glows
Something the passer-by
Knows was a Rose.



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