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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GREETING OF THE ROSES, by HAMLIN GARLAND Poet's Biography
First Line: We had been long in mountain snow
Last Line: It seemed the sun had made them mad.
First Line: We had been long in mountain snow
Last Line: It seemed the sun had made them mad.
WE had been long in mountain snow,
In valleys bleak, and broad, and bare,
Where only moss and willows grow,
And no bird wings the silent air.
And so, when on our downward way
Wild roses met us, we were glad:
They were so girlish fair, so gay,
It seemed the sun had made them mad.
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