Goblin Market and Other Poems · Christina Rossetti

Song ('Oh roses for the flush of youth')

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Oh roses for the flush of youth,

And laurel for the perfect prime;

But pluck an ivy branch for me

Grown old before my time.

Oh violets for the grave of youth,

And bay for those dead in their prime;

Give me the withered leaves I chose

Before in the old time.

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