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THE ROSES;
Addressed to a Friend, on the Birth of his first Child.
Two Roses on one slender spray,
In sweet communion grew,
Together hail'd the morning ray,
And drank the evening dew;
While sweetly wreath'd in mossy green,
There sprang a little bud between.
In sweet communion grew,
Together hail'd the morning ray,
And drank the evening dew;
While sweetly wreath'd in mossy green,
There sprang a little bud between.
Through clouds and sunshine, storms and showers,
They open'd into bloom,
Mingling their foliage and their flowers,
Their beauty and perfume;
They open'd into bloom,
Mingling their foliage and their flowers,
Their beauty and perfume;