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A CLUSTER OF ROSES TO A FRIEND, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Roses, beautiful roses
Last Line: Be the gifts of his matchless love.
Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs.
Subject(s): Flowers; Friendship; Love; Roses


ROSES, beautiful roses,
Holding the Summer's light,
Each in its graceful carven cup,
Crimson and yellow and white,
Breathing the sweetest odors,
Wearing the richest hues,
Distilled from the clouds of heaven,
And the heaven-ascending dews.

Roses, wonderful roses,
Their texture royally fine,
Each in its rare completeness
Wrought by a Hand divine.
The bud with the moss around it,
The stem with the steadfast brier,
What could so comfort the fainting heart,
So answer its mute desire?

The roses brought me a blessing,
For they came in a weary hour,
And sweet were the thoughts they whispered
Of one, herself a flower.
Ever may bloom about her
The starriest flowers of the morn,
And still may all her roses
Be free from the piercing thorn.

But if the thorns must wound her,
Since oft, in this life of ours,
The sharpest suffering reaches
Those who have noblest dowers.
May she rest with trust unchanging
On the strength of the Friend above,
And so shall roses and thorns alike
Be the gifts of His matchless love.





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