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THE GRAVE AND THE ROSE by VICTOR MARIE HUGO

First Line: THE GRAVE SAID: 'ROSE, SO BRIGHT OF HUE
Last Line: "GOD'S PARADISE TO FILL."
Subject(s): DEATH; FLOWERS; GRAVES; GRIEF; ROSES; DEAD, THE; TOMBS; TOMBSTONES; SORROW; SADNESS;
The Grave said: "Rose, so bright of hue,
What dost thou with the drops of dew
That bathe thy buds each day?"

The Rose replied: "O solemn Grave!
With all that fills thy hungry cave
What doest thou, I pray?

From the sweet tears of morn that roll
Into my heart, the very soul
Of fragrance I distill."

The Grave then answered: "All that lies
Entombed, hereafter shall arise
God's Paradise to fill."



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