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INOPPORTUNE by THOMAS H. BRIGGS JR.

First Line: TOO BRIEF HER SUN OF BEAUTY GLOWS
Last Line: NOT NOW, NOT NOW!
Subject(s): BEAUTY; FLOWERS; PASSION; ROSES;

@3He@1

Too brief her sun of beauty glows;
The bud with dews of dawn is wet,
Some later day unfolds the rose —
Not now, not yet!

@3She@1

Too late his quickening passions plead,
I may nor leave nor break my vow.
Too late! no prayer may intercede —
Not now, not now!



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