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THISTLEDOWN: 8 by CORA RANDALL FABBRI

First Line: IN HER HAND
Last Line: POOR HEART!

IN her hand
She takes a rose—
A rare rose from the South,
Like a little red shut mouth,
And the folded leaves unclose.
O rose,
Poor rose!

In her hand
She takes my heart—
The heart that I thought to keep,
And the love I had hid so deep
Unfolds, as the rose-leaves part.
O heart,
Poor heart!



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