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ROSEBUDS, by                    
First Line: She plucked a rosebud by the wall
Last Line: By him who rode to foreign lands
Subject(s): Flowers;roses


SHE plucked a rosebud by the wall
And placed it in his outstretched hands;
It was love's token, that was all,
And he rode off to foreign lands.

He kept the rosebud in his breast,
And when the battle charge was led,
They found him slain among the rest,
The rosebud stained a deeper red.

But she, beside the wall that day,
A rosebud gave to other hands;
Nor thought of that one borne away
By him who rode to foreign lands.





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