A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes/The rose is red, the violet's blue (1)
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XI.
The rose is red, the violet's blue,
The honey's sweet, and so are you.
Thou art my love, and I am thine,
I draw thee for my Valentine.
The lot was cast, and then I drew,
And Fortune said it should be you.