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First Line: O little timid rose
Last Line: Lo, thou art dead!
Subject(s): Death; Flowers; Gardens & Gardening; Roses; Dead, The


O LITTLE timid rose,
That if the zephyr blows
Tremblest with fear,
O dainty tender one,
That blushest if the sun
Glances anear.

Yet fragile as thou art,
The secret of thy heart
Who thinks to win?
Closer than bars of gold
Thy silken petals hold
The prize within.

And winds in vain may blow,
And fiercest sunbeams glow
Above thy head;
For when thy sweet heart lies
Open to eager eyes,—
Lo, thou art dead!





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