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First Line: Roses at first were white
Last Line: The roses first came red.
Subject(s): Flowers; Roses


1. Roses at first were white,
Till they co'd not agree,
Whether my Sapho's breast,
Or they more white sho'd be.

2. But being vanquisht quite,
A blush their cheeks bespred;
Since which (beleeve the rest)
The Roses first came red.





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