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THEN AND NOW by JAMES RENNELL RODD

First Line: THERE NEVER WERE SUCH RADIANT NOONS
Last Line: THE BLIGHT HAS KILLED THE ROSES.
Subject(s): LOVE - LOSS OF; TRANSIENCE; IMPERMANENCE;
THERE never were such radiant noons,
Such roses, such fair weather,
Such nightingales, such mellow moons,
As while we were together!

But now the suns are poor and pale,
The cloudy twilight closes,
The mists have choked the nightingale,
The blight has killed the roses.



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