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ROSEEN-DHU by WILLIAM SHARP

First Line: LITTLE WILD ROSE OF MY HEART
Last Line: RòSEEN-DHU!
Subject(s): ABSENCE; FLOWERS; HEARTS; LONGING; LOVE; ROSES; SEPARATION; ISOLATION;

Little wild-rose of my heart,
Ròseen-dhu, Ròseen-dhu!
Why must we part,
Ròseen-dhu?
To meet but to part again!
Is it because we are fain
Of the wind and the rain,
Because we are hungry of pain,
Ròseen-dhu?

Little wild-rose of my heart,
Ròseen-dhu, Ròseen-dhu,
Where @3I@1 am, @3thou@1 art,
Ròseen-dhu!
If summer come and go,
If the wild wind blow,
Come rain, come snow,
If the tide ebb, if the tide flow,
Ròseen-dhu!

Little wild-rose of my heart,
Ròseen-dhu, Ròseen-dhu . . .
Time poiseth his shadowy dart,
Ròseen-dhu!
What matter, O Ròseen mochree,
Since each is a wave on the sea—
Since Love is as lightning for thee
And as thunder for me,
Ròseen-dhu!



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