Poems; original and translated by Charles Rann Kennedy ... and Two Poems by the Rev. Rann Kennedy. New Edition. By Charles Rann Kennedy |
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THE ROSE'S ADDRESS
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THE ROSE'S ADDRESS
On her Eighth Birthday.
Another year hath flitted by;How quick the hours and minutes fly!
Another rose adorns my brow,
And I am changed, I know not how.
It is for you, my friends, to tell,
If I have used the minutes well,
31
The symbol of a new-born year.
I greet you all: may your good will
And gentle thoughts attend me still;
And I will study all my days,
How best I may deserve your praise.
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