Rose
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If God made little roses
of heartbroken blue
I'd wear one at my collar
to remind me of you
If God made little flowers
in the color of tears
They'd grow up 'round my doorway
and bloom through the years
Pretty roses
like the blue of the bud
Pretty flowers
my garden of love
―Gillian Welch
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Gather ye rosebuds
while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower
that smiles today
Tomorrow will be dying.
―Robert Herrick
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Poem: Rosetta Stone Serious Study of Love Song (from the British Museum)