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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PRUNER, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY
First Line: God is a zealous pruner
Last Line: But spoils the rose.
Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John
Subject(s): Religion; Theology
First Line: God is a zealous pruner
Last Line: But spoils the rose.
Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John
Subject(s): Religion; Theology
God is a zealous pruner,
For He knows --
Who, falsely tender, spares the knife
But spoils the rose.
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