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SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 81, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: I have but one rose in the world
Last Line: There'll be but thorns for stooping.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Flowers; Roses


I HAVE but one rose in the world,
And my one rose stands a-drooping:
Oh when my single rose is dead
There'll be but thorns for stooping.





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