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MAIN STREET AND OTHER POEMS


ROSES (continued)

Where there are thorns are roses, and I saw a line of red,
A little wreath of roses around His radiant head.


A red rose is His Sacred Heart, a white rose is His face,
And His breath has turned the barren world to a rich and flowery place.
He is the Rose of Sharon, His gardener am I,
And I shall drink His fragrance in Heaven when I die.


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