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"The Rose" (1938) by Ella Young (1867-1956)

The Rose that blooms in Paradise
Burns with an ecstasy too sweet [orig. white]
For mortal eyes.

But sometimes down the jasper walls

A petal falls
Toward earth and night;

To lose it is to lose delight
Beyond compare:
To have it is to have despair.


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