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He that plants thorns must never expect to gather roses.
He that plants thorns must never expect to gather roses.
There is no gathering the rose without being pricked by the
thorns.
There is no gathering the rose without being pricked by the
thorns.
"For if I wait," said she,
"Till time for roses be,--
For the moss-rose and the musk-rose,
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"For if I wait," said she,
"Till time for roses be,--
For the moss-rose and the musk-rose,
Maiden-blush and royal-dusk rose,--
"What glory then for me
In such a company?--
Roses plenty, roses plenty
And one nightingale for twenty?"
Till the rose's lips grow pale
With her sighs.
Till the rose's lips grow pale
With her sighs.
The rose that all are praising
Is not the rose for me.
The rose that all are praising
Is not the rose for me.
She wore a wreath of roses,
The night that first we met.
She wore a wreath of roses,
The night that first we met.
You smell a rose through a fence:
If two should smell it, what matter?
You smell a rose through a fence:
If two should smell it, what matter?
I'll pu' the budding rose, when Phoebus peeps in view,
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I'll pu' the budding rose, when Phoebus peeps in view,
For its like a baumy kiss o'er her sweet bonnie mou'!
I wish I might a rose-bud grow
And thou wouldst cull me from the bower.
To place read more
I wish I might a rose-bud grow
And thou wouldst cull me from the bower.
To place me on that breast of snow
Where I should bloom a wintry flower.