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DEDICATION OF A MUNICIPAL ROSE GARDEN, by                    
First Line: Man moved a fugitive from paradise
Last Line: May still find god in every breeze that blows.
Alternate Author Name(s): Yost, Charles Chester, Mrs.
Subject(s): Love; Sanctuaries


Man moved a fugitive from Paradise;
But from the flood of wrath, God saved the race.
Then Love from heaven, in sheer pity flung
A rose, to show God's love in its sweet face.

Since then, 'tis emblem of undying love,
The badge of royalty and beauty's bower.
So let us seek a quiet, grassy place,
And for tired hearts make sanctuary of this flower.

Here in this valley, by its flowing stream,
Each zephyr laden with the breath of rose,
Man, eternal fugitive from Paradise,
May still find God in every breeze that blows.





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