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ROSE AND YEW by JOHN GALSWORTHY

First Line: LOVE FLEW BY! YOUNG WEDDING DAY
Last Line: WHOSE LOVE HAS CRIED: ADIEU!
Subject(s): LOVE; TRANSIENCE; IMPERMANENCE;
LOVE flew by! Young wedding day,
Peeping through her veil of dew,
Saw him, and her heart went fey --
His wings no shadows threw.

Love flew by! Young day was gone,
Owls were hooting -- Whoo-to-whoo!
Happy wedded lay alone,
Who'd vowed that love was true.

Love flies by, and drops a rose --
Drops a rose, a sprig of yew!
Happy these -- but ah! for those
Whose love has cried: Adieu!



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