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A ROSE TRANSPLANTED.
“Rose, elle a vécu ce que vivent les roses,
L'espace d'un matin.”
L'espace d'un matin.”
“A rose, she has lived the lifetime of a rose,
One morning's space.”
O God, is this our last farewell to those
Whom death's embrace
Has borne away in silence? If a Rose
In earthly air such beauty can unclose,
Sweetness, and grace,
Oh what must be her glory when she grows
Planted where uncreated radiance glows,
And watered by the stream of life that flows
Before Thy face!
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