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THE ROSE by ANONYMOUS

First Line: MY LILLA GAVE ME YESTERMORN
Last Line: THE LOVELIER ROSE THAT GIVE IT TOO?
Subject(s): FLOWERS;ROSES;

MY Lilla gave me yestermorn
A rose, methinks in Eden born,
And as she gave it, little elf!
She blush'd like any rose herself.
Then said I, full of tenderness,
"Since this sweet rose I owe to you,
Dear girl, why may I not possess
The lovelier Rose that gave it too?"



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