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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TRAGEDIES: 5, by THEOPHILE JULIUS HENRY MARZIALS
First Line: For love is like the china-rose
Last Line: Lasts ever, like the pot-pourri.
Alternate Author Name(s): Marzials, Theo; Marzials, Theophile Jules Henri
Subject(s): Life; Love
First Line: For love is like the china-rose
Last Line: Lasts ever, like the pot-pourri.
Alternate Author Name(s): Marzials, Theo; Marzials, Theophile Jules Henri
Subject(s): Life; Love
For love is like the China-rose
That leafs so quickly from the tree; --
And life though all the honey goes,
Lasts ever, like the pot-pourri.
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