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MAIDEN BLOOM by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: WHERE THE YOUTHFUL RIVALS MEET
Last Line: "STEADFAST E'EN IN DEATH."
Subject(s): FLOWERS; ROSES;

Where the youthful rivals meet --
Reddest Rose and whitest Snow --
From a trysting-place so sweet
Which will soonest go?
"Hence with life alone I stray,"
Blushed the flower of balmy breath.
"Mine," the snow-wreath sighed, "to stay
Steadfast e'en in death."



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