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THE BATTLE by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

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First Line: THERE WAS A BATTLE IN HER FACE
Last Line: TO BATTLE FOR MY SAKE.
Subject(s): FLOWERS; LILIES; LOVE; ROSES;
There was a battle in her face,
Between a Lily and a Rose:
My Love would have the Lily win
And I the Lily lose.

I saw with joy that strife, first one,
And then the other uppermost;
Until the Rose roused all its blood,
And then the Lily lost.

When she's alone, the Lily rules,
By her consent, without mistake:
But when I come that red Rose leaps
To battle for my sake.



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