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EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 17. THE DIFFICULT ADVENTURE by PHILIP AYRES

First Line: WHILE WANTON LOVE IN GATHERING ROSES STRAYS
Last Line: OF BLOODY PRICKLES WHERE NO ROSE APPEARS.
Subject(s): FLOWERS; LOVE; ROSES; THORNS;
WHILE wanton Love in gathering Roses strays,
Blood from his hands, and from his eyes drop tears.
Let him poor Lovers pity who tread ways
Of bloody prickles where no Rose appears.



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