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THE NORTHWEST CORNER by WINIFRED VIRGINIA JACKSON

First Line: I WISH THAT NATE HAD LET ME GROW
Last Line: I DID NOT DARE!
Subject(s): FLOWERS; PLANTS; ROSES; PLANTING; PLANTERS;
I wish that Nate had let me grow
Some roses there!
I would have pulled the phlox, but, oh,
I did not dare!

His mother planted of that phlox;
So stiff and tall
And friendlessly it grew, nor leaned
Against the wall.

For forty years I longed to have,
Amid the fret,
Some roses in the garden just
To help forget.

@3I wish that Nate had let me grow
Some roses there!
I would have pulled the phlox, but, oh,
I did not dare!@1



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