Mr. and Mrs. Woodbridge with other tales, representing life as it is and intended to show what it should be |
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TO A WITHERED ROSE.
TO A WITHERED ROSE.
Nature's warm spirit's! from thee fled,
As now thon hangst upon thy stem
All sapless, withered, wan and dead,
Yet fragrant still, sweet gem!
So is it with the pure in life;
When, from this earth, they pass away;
Their deeds, with virtue's sweets are rife,
They live beyond decay.
As now thon hangst upon thy stem
All sapless, withered, wan and dead,
Yet fragrant still, sweet gem!
So is it with the pure in life;
When, from this earth, they pass away;
Their deeds, with virtue's sweets are rife,
They live beyond decay.
R. H.
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