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First Line: The fairest flower upon the vine
Last Line: "its sweetness I can only guess, / but never know"
Subject(s): Love - Unrequited


THE fairest flower upon the vine --
So far above my reach it grows
I ne'er can hope to make it mine --
Smiles in the sun, -- a peerless rose.
The wind is whispering soft and low
Fond praises of its loveliness;
Its sweetness I can only guess,
But never know.

On beauteous lips -- as far away
As is the rose -- a kiss there lies,
And on those lips that kiss must stay,
Though I may look with longing eyes;
A cruel fate hath willed it so,
Not mine that crimson mouth to press;
Its sweetness I can only guess,
But never know.





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