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First Line: Rosamond gave me a rose
Last Line: Rose-red and alive in the sun.
Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise
Subject(s): Flowers; Roses


ROSAMOND gave me a rose,
Rose-red and alive in the sun:
Ah, what was its secret? Who knows? --
Her garden held only that one.

Now alive in my heart it glows;
By its magic my peace is undone --
There are spells that the wise should shun --
Rosamond gave me a rose.

But where is my old repose?
She calls -- to her feet I run:
Oh, who shall the secret disclose?
Or how was my bondage begun? --
Rosamond gave me a rose,
Rose-red and alive in the sun.







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