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SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 81 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: I HAVE BUT ONE ROSE IN THE WORLD
Last Line: THERE'LL BE BUT THORNS FOR STOOPING.
Subject(s): FLOWERS; ROSES;

I HAVE but one rose in the world,
And my one rose stands a-drooping:
Oh when my single rose is dead
There'll be but thorns for stooping.



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