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A CONCEIT by EDWARD JAMES MORTIMER COLLINS

First Line: OH, TOUCH THAT ROSEBUD! IT WILL BLOOM
Last Line: YOU BID IT CLOSE.
Subject(s): FLOWERS; ROSES;
OH, touch that rosebud! it will bloom --
My lady fair!
A passionate red in dim green gloom,
A joy, a splendor, a perfume
That sleeps in air.

You touched my heart; it gave a thrill
Just like a rose
That opens at a lady's will;
Its bloom is always yours, until
You bid it close.



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