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A GARDEN ROSE by G. LELAND GREEN

First Line: THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWS / THAT A GARDEN ROSE
Last Line: IS THE LOVELIEST THING THAT GROWS.
Subject(s): BEAUTY;

The whole world knows
That a garden rose
Is the sweetest flower that grows.

At break of dawn,
I greet the jeweled queen anon,
And all my doubts are gone.

All through the day
I hear its fragrant petals say,
"No shadow comes my way."

Again at night,
Its beauty stays the failing light;
My weariness takes flight.

God surely knows
That a garden rose
Is the loveliest thing that grows.



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