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TO A ROSE by FRANK DEMPSTER SHERMAN

First Line: GO, ROSE, AND IN HER GOLDEN HAIR
Last Line: SHALL PLACE YOUR BODY IN THE TOMB!
Subject(s): FLOWERS; ROSES;
Go, Rose, and in her golden hair
You shall forget the garden soon;
The sunshine is a captive there
And crowns her with a constant noon.

And when your spicy odor goes,
And fades the beauty of your bloom,
Think what a lovely hand, O Rose,
Shall place your body in the tomb!



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