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THREE SONGS OF SHATTERING: 1 by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY

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First Line: THE FIRST ROSE ON MY ROSE-TREE
Last Line: VERY PRETTY.
The first rose on my rose-tree
Budded, bloomed, and shattered,
During sad days when to me
Nothing mattered.

Grief of grief has drained me clean;
Still it seems a pity
No one saw, -- it must have been
Very pretty.





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