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THE SHADOW ROSE by ROBERT CAMERON ROGERS

First Line: A NOISETTE ON MY GARDEN PATH
Last Line: TO LEAVE YOUR SHADOW LINGERING THERE?
Subject(s): DISAPPOINTMENT; GRIEF; LOVE; SORROW; SADNESS;
A noisette on my garden path
An ever-swaying shadow throws;
But if I pluck it strolling by,
I pluck the shadow with the rose.
Just near enough my heart you stood
To shadow it, -- but was it fair
In him, who plucked and bore you off,
To leave your shadow lingering there?


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