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"THE WHITE ROSE, SENT BY A YORKISH GENTLEMAN TO LANCASTRIAN MISTRESS" by ANONYMOUS

First Line: IF THIS FAIR ROSE OFFEND THY SIGHT / PLACED IN THY BOSOM FAIR
Last Line: "WITH ENVY PALE 'TWILL LOSE ITS DYE, / AND YORKISH TURN AGAIN"
Subject(s): ADMIRATION;FLOWERS;ROSES;
IF this fair rose offend thy sight,
Placed in thy bosom bare,
'T will blush to find itself less white,
And turn Lancastrian there.
But if thy ruby lip it spy,
As kiss it thou mayest deign,
With envy pale 't will lose its dye,
And Yorkish turn again.


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