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1866–1922

A Bunch of Roses

Elizabeth Gordon

Better than gifts of gleaming gold, Or houses made by hands; More precious than the glowing gems Men seek in distant lands;

Breathing of love and purity, Of constant hearts and true; A bunch of roses, God’ s own gift, All wet with heaven’ s dew.

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