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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OUR WILD ROSE, by EDNA HALL-NEAL
First Line: Under wide skies, under gray showers
Last Line: But she has thorns to defend her pride.
Subject(s): Flowers; Roses
First Line: Under wide skies, under gray showers
Last Line: But she has thorns to defend her pride.
Subject(s): Flowers; Roses
Under wide skies, under gray showers,
The sweet, wild rose is the queen of flowers.
Up to the sun, her chaste, shy face,
She yields with charm and a dainty grace.
She is not vain, this prairie bride,
But she has thorns to defend her pride.
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