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The Prince's Birthday
Rome. December 31, 1721
Awonderful star shone forth
From the frozen skies of the north
Upon Rome for an old year's night:
And a flower on the dear white rose
Broke, in the season of snows,
To bloom for a day's delight.
From the frozen skies of the north
Upon Rome for an old year's night:
And a flower on the dear white rose
Broke, in the season of snows,
To bloom for a day's delight.
Lost is the star in the night,
And the rose of a day's delight
Fled ‘where the roses go’:
But the fragrance and light from afar,
Born of the rose and the star,
Breathe over the years and the snow.
And the rose of a day's delight
Fled ‘where the roses go’:
But the fragrance and light from afar,
Born of the rose and the star,
Breathe over the years and the snow.
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