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THE RIVAL ROSES.


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[“O earthly rose!]

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This poem has been extracted from a passage of prose text.

“O earthly rose!
Sorrowing o'er
The land of thy love,
Rejoice! Rejoice
Forever more!
No wintry blasts
Can reach thee here,
No bitter storms;

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'Tis summer, summer,
All the year.
The winter's death for thee is o'er;
Oh, live and bloom forever more!